Steve Kocsis, who teaches astronomy at the University of Alaska, Southeast, will present ‘100 years of Einstein’s General Theory’ at the Marie Drake Planetarium on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. The Big Bang, ultimate fate of the universe, large scale structure of the universe, expansion of space, red shift, gravity, black holes, lensing, and dark energy emerge from Einstein’s field equations published in 1915. The universe is mathematical. The equations are abstract. However, Einstein based his work on visual ideas that give insight into ‘The mind of God’.
Anyone may attend but the presentation aimed for adults.
The free presentation will be preceded by ‘The Stars Tonight,’ showing Juneau’s current night sky on the planetarium’s Spitz projector.
The planetarium is located downtown between Harborview and Juneau-Douglas High School.
