Man and cosmos

Colloquium series on the fundamental questions of life

April 4, 2003
18.00 – Opening Klaus Wiegandt Opening of the colloquium
18.30 – Lecture: The scientific conquest of the cosmos The history of its explorations Ernst Peter Fischer
April 5, 2003
09.00-10.30 a.m. – Lecture: Man, Earth, Cosmos Rolf Emmermann
11.00-12.30 – Lecture: The time of the world Newton’s clockwork and Einstein’s corrections Jürgen Audretsch
14.30-16.00 – Lecture: Einstein’s happiest thought His reflections on the world as a whole Harald Fritzsch
16.30 – Summary of the day and discussion
April 6, 2003
09.00 -10.30 – Lecture: Expansion on a large scale The standard model of the cosmos Rudolf Kippenhahn
11.00 -12.30 – Lecture: The world in miniature High-energy physics and the treatment of nothingness Henning Genz
14.30 -16.00 – Lecture: The Big Bang and Background Radiation: Astronomers and the Enigma of Creation Gerhard Börner
16.30 – Summary of the day and discussion
April 7, 2003
09.00-10.30 – Lecture: Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life is Improbable Irven DeVore
11.00-12.30 – Lecture: Cosmology, Life and the Anthropic Principle John D. Barrow
14.30-16.00 – Lecture N.N. (for Sara Via)
16.30 – Summary of the day and discussion
April 8, 2003
09.00-10.30 – Lecture N.N. (for Livio)
11.00-12.30 – Lecture: Cosmology-Cognitive Theory-Anthropology What can and what do we want to know? Jürgen Mittelstrass
14.30-16.00 – Lecture: The observer at the end of time Reflections of a philosopher Bernulf Kanitscheider
16.30 – Summary of the day and discussion
April 9, 2003
09.00-11.00 – Lecture: Does the Universe have a Meaning? Hubert Reeves Stefan Bauberger, S.J. Understanding Creation in the Context of the Natural Sciences
11.30-13.00 – Panel discussion Gypsies on the edge of the world or children of the universe? The place and task of man in the cosmos – The world view of physics and its consequences for our actions Moderation: Gero von Boehm Participants: Jürgen Audretsch Stefan Bauberger, S.J. Ernst Peter Fischer Bernulf Kanitscheider Hubert Reeves Josef H. Reichholf
13.00 – Closing remarks Klaus Wiegandt