Dr. Philip Maurone, Chair of the Department of Physics, begins the year-long lecture series "Beginnings" with a presentation about how you, the earth, the Sun, and 100 billion galaxies each with 100 billion stars began 13.82 billion years ago as a single infinitely hot and dense point smaller than a pin head. The series presents the world's greatest detective story; many scientists have pieced together evidence for a narrative about the origins of the universe, stars, galaxies, our solar system, earth, life, evolution, mammals, humanity, and political culture over a course of 13.82 billion years. The series concludes with our best theological understandings of genesis. Please join us and learn where we all came from and how we got here.