The John Lennox – Cosmic Chemistry seminar last Monday was excellent. Nine of us from the Sydney Chapter were able to get tickets to the event, and we really enjoyed hearing Professor Lennox speak.
Apparently the ABC filmed it to be shown on their Big Ideas program sometime in the future, so keep your eyes open for this on ABC iView or on air.
The Q&A session was particularly good, with many questions asked by the audience and with Professor Lennox's deep and considered responses.
What was really encouraging was to see that a good proportion of the 3000 plus audience (I would say around 50 to 60%) were younger people either in their late teens or of university age. That's very encouraging when it comes to thinking about the impact that such an excellent speaker has on that generation. At the book signing afterwards, the queue was again predominantly of this age group.
It must have been a grueling trip to Australia for him, with a 2 week whistle-stop run through Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and finally Sydney. He then was heading off to Canada the next morning after the Sydney event.
You can find out more about Professor Lennox and keep up to date on his speaking engagements by visiting his web site at JohnLennox
What was really encouraging was to see that a good proportion of the 3000 plus audience (I would say around 50 to 60%) were younger people either in their late teens or of university age. That's very encouraging when it comes to thinking about the impact that such an excellent speaker has on that generation. At the book signing afterwards, the queue was again predominantly of this age group.
It must have been a grueling trip to Australia for him, with a 2 week whistle-stop run through Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and finally Sydney. He then was heading off to Canada the next morning after the Sydney event.
You can find out more about Professor Lennox and keep up to date on his speaking engagements by visiting his web site at JohnLennox
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