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2006 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate 



Universe: One or Many? 



Wednesday, March 29 

 7:30 p.m. 

 LeFrak Theater 



$14 ($12 Members, students, senior citizens) 



Join a panel of cosmologists to debate the possibility that our 

 universe is just one of many universes that make up the 

 "multiverse." This idea presupposes dimensions beyond our 

 everyday experience and draws from the leading edge of our 

 cosmological theories. The presence or absence of data in sup- 

 port of these concepts forms a central theme for the evening. 



Panelists: 



Michio Kaku, City College, CUNY, author of Parallel Worlds 

 Lawrence Krauss, Case Western Reserve University, 

 author of Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of 

 Extra Dimensions 



Andrei Linde, Stanford University, theoretical cosmologist and 

 one of the original architects of the multiverse concept 



Lisa Randall, Harvard University, author of Warped Passages: 

 Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions 

 Virginia Trimble, University of California, Irvine 



The late Dr. Isaac Asimov, one of the most prolific and influential 

 authors of our time, was a dear friend and supporter of the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History. In his memory, the Hayden 

 Planetarium is honored to host the annual Isaac Asimov Memor- 

 ial Debate — generously endowed by relatives, friends, and admir- 

 ers of Isaac Asimov and his work — bringing the finest minds in 

 the world to the Museum each year to debate pressing questions on 

 the frontier of scientific discovery. Proceeds from ticket sales of the 

 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debates benefit the scientific and educa- 

 tional programs of the Hayden Planetarium. 



To learn more about this topic in advance of the debate, 

 read "The Self-Reproducing Inflationary Universe," avail- 

 able at http://www.stanford.edu/%7Ealinde/1032226.pdf. 



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