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Voyage to Infinity" cocktail conference

07 November 2023 Life in the regions
Published by Etienne MILLERIOUX
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JOURNEY TO INFINITY

Join us at on the evening of November 28, 2023 at in the Capelle amphitheatre at INSA-Lyon for a sensational intergalactic experience, a "Voyage vers l'infini", the most cosmiccocktail conference of the year, .

Christophe Galfard**, astrophysicistand writer with a worldwide reputation for his best-selling books and lectures, is passionate about the cosmos and the laws that govern it, and will take us on an epic journey to the very edge of the universe.He'll tell us all about his most recent discoveries. He will also be signing his books, including the latest, "Voyage vers l'infini", to be published in early November by Michel Lafon , which will be The perfect gift for an interstellar Christmas, full of spinning galaxies, ravenous black holes, blinking invisible lights and blossoming stars .

Tuesday November 28program:
6:30pm For those who wish: cocktail reception, book sales and author signing
7:30pm Doors open
8pm. Christophe Galfard accompanies us to the origin of time
10pm. Book sales and author signing
11pm. Return to earth

The Capelle amphitheater at INSA-Lyon is located at on the corner of avenue Jean Capelle and rue de l'Emetteur, 69100 Villeurbanne. Tramway T1 Croix-Luizet or INSA-Einstein, bike path right in front, and parking at your convenience in the surrounding streets.

Don't wait, reserve your place now. Pass it on, it's open to all.

This prestigious event is organized by CentraleSupélec Alumni Lyon, with the kind support ofIESF Lyon-RA, INSA-Lyon, la Confédération des Associations Centraliennes et CentraleSupélec, l'École et les Amis de Centrale de Lyon, publisher Michel Lafon and the bookshop-café Raconte-moi la Terre.

**Christophe Galfard is a graduate of École Centrale Paris (Class of 2000), and a physicist as well as a writer. He explains the world as scientists understand it today. With aPhD in theoretical physics, he spent five years at Cambridge studying under Stephen Hawking, the great astrophysicist and cosmologist .Christophe Galfard haspublished the "Prince of the Clouds "trilogy of novels and science books (Editions Pocket Jeunesse), the first volume of which, "Le Blueberry" (2009), was awarded the 2009 Best Novel for Young People and the Prix le Goût des Sciences by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. Released in 2015, his bestseller "L'univers à portée de main", translated into 25 languages, has sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide. Christophe Galfard now lives in France, where he is committed to teaching science in an entertaining way.

Tickets available - registration required

Conference: €15.00

Exclusive cocktail + conference: €30.00




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