MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Freed
561-297-3022, lfreed@fau.edu
FAU Frontiers in Science Lecture Series
Einstein and God
WHAT: Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science presents its final lecture of its Spring 2006 series – “Einstein and God.”
WHEN: Thursday, March 16, 2006
3:30 p.m.
WHERE: FAU Boca Raton Campus
Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Center
Room 126
COST: Free and open to the public
CONTACT NUMBER: Patsy Jones – 561-297-1307
DESCRIPTION: Albert Einstein, the greatest intellect of his age, was both a scientist and a humanist. His scientific reputation invested credibility in his opinions on ethics, morality and society. In this lecture, Dr. Nathan W. Dean – dean of the Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and professor of physics at FAU – will discuss Einstein’s own writings that are used to explore his views on the nature of God and the conclusions he reached regarding science, religion and humankind. Einstein’s devotion to relativism and determinism in science are contrasted with the religious philosophy he publicly supported, as well as with the ethical and social judgments of his later years.
-FAU-