Dark matter’s not enough: Why the Universe ought to be weirder

When:
October 27, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
2014-10-27T18:00:00+00:00
2014-10-27T19:30:00+00:00
Where:
Royal Institution of Great Britain
21 Albemarle Street
Mayfair, London W1S
UK
Cost:
£12/£8
Contact:
Royal Institution
020 7409 2992

The Universe seems to be governed by rules that we can, with some effort, understand. In this family-friendly talk, Andrew Pontzen will introduce the stranger side of the cosmos – dark matter and dark energy – but then argue that these things are not so weird or unexpected after all. The strangest thing is that our rule-laden cosmos should be so predictable.