Freeman Dyson Vists Rider University Class

Editor's Note: The following is a news release issued by Rider University.

Students in BHP-215 Honors Seminar: "The Universe and the Origin of Life" welcomed Freeman Dyson, professor emeritus of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, to class on Nov. 10 on the Westminster Choir College of Rider University campus.
 
Dyson, a professor emeritus of mathematical physics and astrophysics at the Institute’s School of Natural Sciences, was invited to speak with the class by Dr. Jonathan Yavelow, professor of biology, who teaches the interdisciplinary course with Dr. Bryan Spiegelberg, assistant professor of chemistry.
 
The interdisciplinary course, offered to students in Rider’s Baccalaureate Honors Program, examines some far-reaching implications of present investigations into the numerous uncertainties surrounding human existence. The course explores current theories concerning the evolution of life, spanning biological, geological and cosmic time scales.
 
Then students, with majors as varied as voice performance to accounting, had a chance to ask questions of the theoretical physicist and mathematician, who received an honorary degree from Rider in 1989. Topics included the expansion of the universe, the connection between science and humanities, the origin of life and the space program.