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The big bang and cosmic wonders

Michael Drinkwater on the implications of astronomy for understanding the universe's beginning.

Dr Michael Drinkwater is based at the University of Queensland where his research interests include Dwarf Galaxy Formation, Star Formation in Galaxies, The Nature of Red Quasars and the International Virtual Observatory. He has worked at Laval University in Quebec, the Anglo-Australian Observatory, the University of New South Wales and the University of Melbourne.

CPX interviewed him about astronomy, the big bang, the age of the universe and whether he finds it difficult to reconcile his Christian beliefs with his scientific work.