PENNY W. STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES

November 30, 2006

Chris Impey

The Art of Science

What are the limits of knowledge when it comes to something as grand as the universe? Chris Impey will explore the way we learn about the universe we live in, make parallels to art and music, and show that discovery is as much an art as a science. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Impey is a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Arizona, Academic Head of the nation's largest undergraduate majors program in astronomy, and Vice President of the American Astronomical Society. He is one of six people nationwide named Distinguished Teaching Scholar by the National Science Foundation.

Co-sponsored by the Astronomy Department.

Video

• Watch/download the podcast of this lecture in iTunes.

Selected Bibliography

• Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL): Chris Impey
• Astronomer Chris Impey Awarded NSF's Highest Honor for Teaching and Research. By Lori Stiles. May 08, 2002.
• Faculty Awards 2004: Chris Impey's Teaching Exudes Energy of the Cosmos. By Lori Stiles. April 07, 2004.
• Impey, Chris. "In quest of the cosmos." World & I 14.9 (1999): 160.http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/. Just type in the name of the journal, then select the correct volume/issue.
• Naeye, Robert. "Dim lights everywhere. low surface brightness galaxies; research by Chris Impey and Greg Bothun." Discover 15(1994): 30-31. http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/. Just type in the name of the journal, then select the correct volume/issue.
• Impey, Chris, Catherine Petry (Eds). International symposium on astrophysics research and on the dialogue between science and religion : July 8-12 , 2002, Vatican Observatory, Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Vatican Press, 2002.
  Location: Shapiro Science - Book Stacks - 4th floor
  Call Number: QB 61 .I57 2002
• Impey, Chris, Catherine Petry (Eds). Science and theology : ruminations on the cosmoss. Templeton Foundation, 2002.
  Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
  Call Number: BL 240.2 .S35 2002