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Sydney Talk: Vivid Festival
I’m speaking as part of a panel on Sunday (29th May, 2016) at the Powerhouse Museum, as part of Sydney’s Vivid Festival. I’ll be joined by Dr. Vanessa Moss (CAASTRO/Univ. of Sydney), Dr. Ángel R....
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Preorder “A Fortunate Universe” Today!
The book blitz begins … Due to be released in September 2016, you can now pre-order “A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos”, by Geraint F. Lewis and Luke A. Barnes! Just visit Cambridge...
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Book Proofs!
Look what arrived in the post! Pre-order today! Or wait patiently for the (simultaneously released) e-book! Follow us on Facebook or Twitter. Filed under: Uncategorized
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Video: How to make a Universe
I recently gave a brief introduction to the evidence for the Big Bang theory to Year 10 students as a part of the Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics’s CAASTRO in the Classroom program. They...
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Sydney Talk: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos
Next Wednesday (6 July, 2016), I have the honour of presenting the 2016 Harley Wood Lecture, which was inaugurated in 1984 as an annual lecture in honour of the first President of the Astronomical...
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Conference Posters 101
The 2016 Astronomical Society of Australia’s Annual Scientific Meeting is over for another year – congratulations to all involved for a wonderful conference. Naturally enough, I’ve been pondering...
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Notes from Data Science Summit: ML in Production
I’m (Berian, that is, rather than Luke) attending the SF Data Science Summit today and tomorrow. I’m taking some rough notes as I go and want to publish them in digestible bits. One of the speakers I...
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A Co-Blogger!
It’s probably a good time to remind ourselves that, in spite of the evidence of the past few years, this is a collaborative blog. I hope you enjoyed the glorious return of Berian (who named this blog,...
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Harley Wood Lecture Online
On the 6th of July, I had the great privilege of presenting the Astronomical Society of Australia’s (ASA) Harley Wood Lecture: “Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos”. The Harley Wood Lecture was inaugurated...
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Fine-Tuning Conversations
I had the pleasure recently of having at chat with Oxford University’s David Sloan, Co-Leader of the Consolidation of Fine-Tuning project in the Department of physics. We talked about fine-tuning,...
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“A Fortunate Universe” Reviews
It’s only a few weeks until “A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos” is released – you can now pre-order the Kindle version. Our publisher, Cambridge University Press, has posted reviews...
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Interview for Diffusion Science Radio
After my Harley Wood Lecture (online), I was interviewed by Ian Woolf of Diffusion Science Radio about the fine-tuning of the universe for life. Listen here. Skip ahead for my interview, or just listen...
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Speaking in Sydney on Friday
On Friday, 16th September I’ll be speaking at the University of Sydney about fine-tuning. The event is open to the public: all welcome! There will be a lecture followed by an extended Q&A session....
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Review of “The Big Picture” by Sean Carroll
I had in mind to write down a few thoughts about Sean Carroll’s latest book “The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself”. Following their excellent article by Alexander...
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It’s Real!
Available in eBook now, and in hardback very soon.Filed under: Uncategorized
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A Fortunate Universe: The Movie
The video of the book! Please feel free to share to social media. Available in eBook now. We believe that the quickest way to get the hardback is via Book Depository.Filed under: Uncategorized
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Sneak Peek of Chapter 1 of A Fortunate Universe
Cambridge University Press’s blog, fifteeneightyfour, has published a sneak peek of part of Chapter 1 of A Fortunate Universe. You can find it here. The eBook is available from Amazon, and the hardback...
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Interview with Cambridge University Press
Here’s a brief discussion of some of the questions raised (and some even answered!) in A Fortunate Universe, recorded during a visit to Cambridge University Press in May. It’s available Now! eBook:...
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Sydney Workshop on Fine-Tuning
On the 24-25 November, 2016, Geraint Lewis and I will be running the 2016 Fine-tuning, the Multiverse and Life Workshop, hosted at the University of Sydney. We’re hoping to get a good crowd of...
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Meanwhile, in Cambridge …
Having spent many hours perusing that marvellous shop, this photo is pretty darn great.Filed under: Uncategorized
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