The Center for Cosmology at the University of California, Irvine, welcomes the public to a lecture in the Chancellor's Distinguished Lecturer Series:

"Einstein Meets Newton: Mapping Dark Matter in the Universe"
Dr. Margaret Geller
 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Picture of Margaret Geller

April 19, 2006
8 - 9:30 pm
Social Science Lecture Hall, Room 100

Dr. Margaret Geller is a Senior Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a UCI Chancellor's Distinguished Fellow. She is best known for her stunning discovery that the universe has structure spanning unimaginably large scales. By creating the first three-dimensional map of a strip of the universe, she discovered the surprising fact that galaxies are not distributed uniformly, but are organized into enormous filaments and walls that span lengths of millions of light years.  Dr. Geller is a major, nationally-known public figure who has written numerous popular articles and appeared in many films and documentaries.  Her accolades are numerous and include membership in the National Academy of Sciences and a MacArthur Fellowship.

For driving directions and a map of campus, see http://www.uci.edu/campusmap. Social Science Lecture Hall (SSLH) is building #212 on the campus map, and the nearest parking garage is the Social Science Parking Structure (SSPS), which is located on Pereira Drive. The lecture is free and open to the public, although parking costs $7.