About the Speaker:

Dr. Zeeya Merali is a freelance science writer and author whose work has appeared in Scientific American, Nature, New Scientist, Discover, and on the BBC. She has published two textbooks in collaboration with National Geographic. Her documentary, “Aperture Fever,” about amateur astronomy, was broadcast on The History Channel, UK. She also worked on the NOVA television series “The Fabric of the Cosmos”. Merali received a first-class degree and Master’s in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in cosmology from Brown University. “A Big Bang in a Little Room,” is her first popular physics book. More details at www.thelittlebangtheory.com

Abstract:

My book, A Big Bang in a Little Room: The Quest to Create New Universes (Basic Books, 2017), discusses how it may one day be possible for humans to make their own "baby universe" in the lab — a DIY cosmos complete with (possibly)…