Episode 04: Jennifer Wiseman, PhD, on God, The Big Bang, Exoplanets, and Sound Apologetics
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Episode 04: This show first aired: Apr 20, 2021
Dr. Jennifer Wiseman joins Kristine Johnson and John James Kirkwood of Voices In The Wilderness to share her thoughts on modern astronomy and the dialogue between Science and Faith. In this extended interview Dr. Wiseman reflects on her journey as a scientist and a Christian and she offers her opinion on everything from the Kalam Cosmological Argument to life on other planets. Dr. Jennifer Wiseman is an astrophysicist, author, and speaker. She studies the process of star and planet formation in our galaxy using radio, optical, and infrared telescopes. She is also interested in national science policy and public science engagement, and directs the program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER) for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Wiseman studied physics at MIT, co-discovering comet Wiseman-Skiff in 1987, and continued in astronomy with her doctoral research at Harvard. She has worked with several international observatories and is currently a senior astrophysicist at the Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Wiseman is a Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation, a network of Christians in Science. She frequently gives public talks on the excitement of scientific discovery. She grew up on an Arkansas farm enjoying late night stargazing walks with her parents and pets.
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