Evolution, Astronomy, & Catholicism with Prof. Jonathan Lunine | Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 011
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🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Jonathan Lunine about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Catholicism and Evolution from an Astronomical Perspective.” Catholicism and Evolution w/ Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/evolution-and-catholicism-from-an-astronomical-perspective-prof-jonathan-lunine For more information on upcoming events, please visit www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jonathan I. Lunine is The David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences at Cornell University and Director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, His research focuses on astrophysics, planetary science and astrobiology. In addition to his responsibilities in the classroom, he serves as Interdisciplinary Scientist on the James Webb Space Telescope project and is a coinvestigator on the Juno mission currently in orbit around Jupiter. Lunine is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the 2014 recipient of the Jean Dominique Cassini Medal of the European Geosciences Union. He is the author of Astrobiology: A Multidisciplinary Approach and Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World. Lunine obtained a B.S. in physics and astronomy from the University of Rochester (1980), an M.S. (1983) and a Ph.D. (1985) in planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. He lives in Ithaca New York, where he is a member of St. Catherine of Siena parish. In 2016 Lunine helped to found the Society of Catholic Scientists and currently serves as its vice president.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my name is Father Gregory Pine, and welcome to the Timistic Institute podcast for this most |
| 0:14.9 | recent installment of off-campus conversations. As you have perhaps become accustomed to hearing, |
| 0:22.0 | the point of these off-campus conversations is to follow up with the Thomistic Institute speaker who may have given a lecture on |
| 0:27.0 | campus or at a conference or intellectual retreat. So that way we can suss out the arguments |
| 0:31.8 | and deepen our appreciation of the Catholic intellectual tradition in one of its many |
| 0:36.6 | different facets. |
| 0:37.9 | So today in this episode, |
| 0:39.5 | I'm very delighted to be joined by Professor Jonathan Lunin. |
| 0:42.5 | Thank you so much for joining us today, Professor. |
| 0:44.7 | We're a pleasure to be here, Father. |
| 0:46.1 | Thank you. |
| 0:47.1 | My joy. |
| 0:49.0 | So many of the folks listening to the podcast |
| 0:52.9 | will know you through Aquinas 101, Faith in Science, or through lectures that you've given for the Thomistic Institute or contributions to the Timistic Philosophy and Science Conference, you know, like that we have each summer in the past. |
| 1:06.5 | But for those who don't know you, if you just highlight, you know, who you are, where you're from, what you're doing, just as a way to get to know you better. |
| 1:13.9 | Okay. |
| 1:15.6 | So I'm Jonathan Lennine. |
| 1:17.7 | I'm the David C. Duncan professor in the physical sciences at Cornell University. |
| 1:24.3 | And I'm chair of the astronomy department. |
| 1:26.7 | I'm an astronomer. I study planets, |
| 1:29.6 | primarily planets in our own solar system, but also planets around other stars. I'm also interested |
| 1:35.7 | in ways that we might search for life, mostly primitive life in the ocean worlds of our own solar |
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