Internationally-known physicist, author to lecture at Bradley

Peoria, Illinois . . . March 21, 2003 . . . Internationally-known theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss, author of The Physics of Star Trek and Beyond Star Trek, will lecture at Bradley University on Monday, April 7, at 7 p.m. in the Michel Student Center, located at 915 N. Elmwood.

"Peoria Atom, A Cosmic Odyssey" will be the topic of the lecture which is free and open to the public.

Hailed by many as the successor to Carl Sagan, Krauss is a professor of astronomy and chair of the physics department at Case Western Reserve University. With wide research interests, including the interface between elementary particle physics and cosmology, his studies include the early universe, the nature of dark matter, general relativity and neutrino astrophysics. He has investigated questions ranging from the nature of exploding stars to issues of the origin of all mass in the universe.

Professor Krauss is the author of more than 180 scientific publications, as well as numerous popular articles on physics and astronomy.

The lecture is sponsored by the Bradley Intellectual and Cultural Affairs Committee, in cooperation with Lakeview Museum.