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Absolute Zero and God

by Colleen Scheck, APM Producer

“A [cracked] plastic tabletop: $79.95. Fun with liquid nitrogen: priceless.”

It’s not all serious dialogue here at the World Science Festival. At today’s event, “Einstein, Time, and the Coldest Stuff in the Universe,” Nobel prize-winning physicist William D. Phillips used liquid nitrogen to help explain absolute zero and what happens when atoms are cooled. As you can see, his enthusiastic young audience had many questions. How does Phillips feel about science and belief in God? Read his response to the question “Does Science Make Belief in God Obsolete?” In short, “absolutely not!”

    • #William D. Phillips
    • #World Science Festival
    • #God
    • #religion
  • 11 months ago [Sat, Jun 2nd, 2012 at 10:35pm]
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