Description

Class Summary

Take a tour of the universe with an astronomer and learn the reasons why he believes the universe is a very old place.

About the Instructor

David H. Bradstreet, Ph.D. is an award-winning professor, author, and binary star expert who has been teaching students about the heavens since 1976 at Eastern University. There he serves as professor and chair of the astronomy and physics department and director of the Bradstreet Observatory and Julia Fowler Planetarium. He has been teaching astronomy in the planetarium since he was a freshman at Eastern in 1972, to children from the age of four to adults of all ages. He has worked with NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the International Astronomical Union. His research has led to over 100 professional publications. His first book for the general public, Star Struck: Seeing the Creator in the Wonders of our Cosmos, co-authored with Steve Rabey, was released in 2016 by Zondervan.