Summary: <p>Dr Luke Barnes talks science, rationality, and the wonders of the night sky.</p><br> <p>---</p><br> <p>"We’ve described the way the world works. We haven’t in any way explained why it’s there in the first place."</p><br> <p>In this episode, we celebrate <em>National Science Week</em> with Dr Luke Barnes, an astrophysicist with the Sydney Institute of Astronomy.</p><br> <p>Join us as we unravel the mysteries of the universe (sort of); find out if stars truly are the great lion kings of the past looking down on us; ask what an orderly world suggests about the possibility of a 'Rational Mind' behind it all – and more.</p><br> <p>And he encourages all of us to look into the night sky and take a moment to contemplate the universe.</p><br> <p>"I think it’s very good to be reminded of how small we are."</p><br> <p>---</p><br> <p>Purchase your copy of, <em>A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely-Tuned Cosmos</em>: <a href="http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~luke/book/">www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~luke/book/</a></p><br> <p>Find out more about <em>National Science Week</em>: <a href="http://www.scienceweek.net.au">www.scienceweek.net.au</a></p><br> <p>Subscribe to our podcast: <a href="http://www.bit.ly/cpxpodcast">www.bit.ly/cpxpodcast</a></p>
