Chris Impey book talk and discussion on his newly published book, “How It Ends”

Date: Thu July 1, 2010
Time: 7:00pm SLT
Where: Astronomy 2009 Amphitheater

“How It Ends”
The fascinating science behind the eventual end to everything from you to the universe.

Although we may try to keep it tucked at the back of our minds, most of us are at least vaguely aware of our own mortality.  But few among us know what science, with the help of insights yielded from groundbreaking new research, has to say about death on a large scale.  Enter astronomer Chris Impey who chronicles for us the death of the whole shebang: the individual, species, biosphere, Earth, Sun, Milky Way and, finally, the entire universe.  With a healthy dose of humor, How it Ends illuminates everything from the death-defying ambition of human life extension and the evolutionary arms race between microbes and men to the inescapable dimming of the sun and the ultimate big rip, giving us a rare glimpse into a universe without us.

Published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. (USA): http://books.wwnorton.com/books/How-It-Ends/

and W.W. Norton & Company, Ltd. (UK):  http://www.wwnorton.co.uk

Chris Impey is the award-winning chair of the Astronomy program at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He has written popular pieces on astronomy as well as a widely reviewed book, The Living Cosmos.

Snapshots from the event:

We had roughly 25 avatars attend and engage in the talk. There was great back-channel chatter on local text chat and some very thoughtful questions during the discussion.  Avatar Science Copperfield won the drawing for a signed book!

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