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X-WR-CALDESC:On Wednesday\, Oct. 9\, 2024 at 7 pm (PDT)\, Dr. David Weintra
 ub (Vanderbilt University) will give a free\, illustrated\, non-technical 
 lecture entitled:\n \n“Profound and Staggering: The Impact on Religion of 
 the Potential Discovery of Life Around Other Stars'\n---------------------
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 -------\n\nAstronomers have now discovered thousands of planets in orbit a
 round other stars. Dr. Weintraub will discuss those discoveries\, and pred
 ict the progress astronomers are likely to make in their more detailed stu
 dies of these planets over the next fifty years. Then he will consider the
  consequences of those potential discoveries for Roman Catholicism\, Mainl
 ine Protestantism\, Christian Creationism\, Seventh Day Adventism\, Judais
 m\, Islam\, and Hinduism -- for all of which the discovery of a planet wit
 h life on it may be profound. The 20th century visionary Buckminster Fulle
 r said\, “Sometimes I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In e
 ither case\, the thought is staggering.”\n \nThis presentation is built on
  the ideas published in Weintraub’s book Religions and Extraterrestrial Li
 fe: How Will We Deal With It? (2014) -- in which he interviewed leaders of
  all these faiths.\n \nDr. David A. Weintraub is Professor of Astronomy Em
 eritus at Vanderbilt University where he founded and directed the Communic
 ation of Science and Technology program\, and conducted research on the fo
 rmation of stars and planets. He is the 2015 winner of the Klopsteg Award 
 from the American Association of Physics Teachers\, which recognizes the o
 utstanding communication of contemporary physics to the general public and
  is a 2023 Fellow of the American Astronomical Society. His most recent bo
 ok is The Sky is for Everyone: Women Astronomers in Their Own Words (2022\
 ; with Virginia Trimble). Previous books include Life on Mars: What to Kno
 w Before We Go (2018)\, How Old is the Universe? (2010)\, and Is Pluto a P
 lanet? (2006). He also created the Who Me? series of inspirational scienti
 fic autobiographies for fifth-grade level readers (from World Scientific P
 ublishing)\, which helps young people see themselves as scientists.\n\nThi
 s presentation will be a Virtual Livestream event due to the remodeling of
  the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College.\n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored
  by:\n\n* Foothill College Science\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division\n*
  SETI Institute\n* Astronomical Society of the Pacific\n\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, Oct. 9\, 2024 at 7 pm (PDT)\, Dr. David Weintrau
 b (Vanderbilt University) will give a free\, illustrated\, non-technical l
 ecture entitled:\n \n“Profound and Staggering: The Impact on Religion of t
 he Potential Discovery of Life Around Other Stars'\n----------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ------\n\nAstronomers have now discovered thousands of planets in orbit ar
 ound other stars. Dr. Weintraub will discuss those discoveries\, and predi
 ct the progress astronomers are likely to make in their more detailed stud
 ies of these planets over the next fifty years. Then he will consider the 
 consequences of those potential discoveries for Roman Catholicism\, Mainli
 ne Protestantism\, Christian Creationism\, Seventh Day Adventism\, Judaism
 \, Islam\, and Hinduism -- for all of which the discovery of a planet with
  life on it may be profound. The 20th century visionary Buckminster Fuller
  said\, “Sometimes I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In ei
 ther case\, the thought is staggering.”\n \nThis presentation is built on 
 the ideas published in Weintraub’s book Religions and Extraterrestrial Lif
 e: How Will We Deal With It? (2014) -- in which he interviewed leaders of 
 all these faiths.\n \nDr. David A. Weintraub is Professor of Astronomy Eme
 ritus at Vanderbilt University where he founded and directed the Communica
 tion of Science and Technology program\, and conducted research on the for
 mation of stars and planets. He is the 2015 winner of the Klopsteg Award f
 rom the American Association of Physics Teachers\, which recognizes the ou
 tstanding communication of contemporary physics to the general public and 
 is a 2023 Fellow of the American Astronomical Society. His most recent boo
 k is The Sky is for Everyone: Women Astronomers in Their Own Words (2022\;
  with Virginia Trimble). Previous books include Life on Mars: What to Know
  Before We Go (2018)\, How Old is the Universe? (2010)\, and Is Pluto a Pl
 anet? (2006). He also created the Who Me? series of inspirational scientif
 ic autobiographies for fifth-grade level readers (from World Scientific Pu
 blishing)\, which helps young people see themselves as scientists.\n\nThis
  presentation will be a Virtual Livestream event due to the remodeling of 
 the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College.\n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored 
 by:\n\n* Foothill College Science\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division\n* 
 SETI Institute\n* Astronomical Society of the Pacific\n\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:SVLS online:  'Profound and Staggering: The Impact on Religion of t
 he Potential Discovery of Life Around Other Stars' with Dr. David Weintrau
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