Alyssa A. Goodman
Humans are the only creatures that worry about the future. We spend an enormous amount of time, energy and resources trying to predict our future as accurately as possible. Whether weather forecasts, pandemic simulations or the calculation of solar explosions - the predictability of the uncertain and the future plays a central role in modern science. The astrophysicist Alyssa A. Goodman is an expert in collecting and visualizing large amounts of data and developing forecasts that can prepare us for the course of climate change, for example.
Alyssa A. Goodman studied physics at MIT and received her doctorate from Harvard University in 1999. Since 1999, she has been the Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy at Harvard University and a research associate at the Smithsonian Institute. Her research focuses on astronomy, data visualization and forecasting. Goodman was awarded the American Astronomical Society's Newton-Lacy Pierce Prize in 1997 and was named Scientist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation in 2015.
Language: English
Details:
Date: 05.12.2024
Time: 20:00
Type:
Forecasts: past and present of the future
Event type:
Geist Heidelberg Lecture
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