“Imagination Harnessed to Reason: Shaping our Perceptions of the Universe through Literature”

Lowell Observatory Historian Kevin Schindler will explore how writers employ the very human trait of imagination to creatively interpret fundamental scientific observations. This allows them to then develop narratives that are so plausible that they often enter the public consciousness as facts.

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Have you ever wondered about your place in the cosmos? What is our universe expanding into? Why are we even here?

At Lowell42 we’ll delve into deep questions like these. Our goal is to connect you to “life, the Universe and everything.” (Many of you will recall that in Douglas Adams’s comical novel “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” the super computer came up with 42 as the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.)