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May 11, 2018 at 16:00 PKT

Ishfaq Ahmad AuditoriumNational Centre for Physics (NCP)

Hawking’s Universe in a Nutshel l

Organized by Theoretical Physics Department (TPD)

National Centre for Physics, QAU Campus, Shahdra Valley Road, Islamabad

National Centre for Physics is organizing a mini symposium in memory of late Prof. Stephen Hawking. This symposium will consist of lectures about Hawking’s scientific achievements and his life struggle including

a key note lecture.

Keynote Lecture by

Prof. John C. MatherNobel Laureate Physics (2006)

This poster is also available at NCP website: www.ncp.edu.pk

16:00 – 17:00Dr. Abid Mujtaba (COMSATS)

“Hawking’s Work in Classical Gravity”17:00 – 18:00

Dr. Muhammad Junaid (NCP)“A Brief History of Hawking’s Work”

18:00 – 19:00 (via video link)Prof. John C. Mather (NASA)

“The History of the Universe from the Beginning to the End: Where did we

come from, where can we go?”

Prof. John C. Mather is one of the pioneer ofprecision cosmology. His work on the COBEsatellite project led to the confirmation of the BigBang theory and he was subsequently awardedthe 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is currentlyworking as a Senior Astrophysicist at NASA’sGoddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,Maryland.

For further information, please contact Manager SEM Mr. Naveed Imran (Tel: 051-2077363, Email: caad@ncp.edu.pk)

Lectures