"Accustomed to working with objects millions of light-years away, the one kilometer separating the journalist's life in Paris from that of the most brilliant disciple of the world's most famous scientist, as the book's blurb proclaims, was far too small. Everything is relative. And that is something that Galfard will also talk about next week during his visit to Spain: he is one of the participants in the Valladolid Culture Forum, and will be present at the Telefonica Foundation Space in Madrid."
"Question. Thinking about the immensity of the universe makes us feel very alone. How can we overcome that feeling? Answer. However gigantic it may be, it is human discoveries that make us think about its scale. It fits in our minds. Our imagination can encompass it completely. And our heads aren't very big, so that's comforting. Q. Who or what created the universe? A. That's a religious question I can't answer."
Christophe Galfard (born Paris, 1976) is a science communicator who researched black holes and cosmic origins alongside Stephen Hawking. He has written six books, gives lectures, and hosts a program on Radio Inter, including the bestselling The Universe in Your Hand. He participates in public events such as the Valladolid Culture Forum and the Telefónica Foundation Space in Madrid. Human discoveries and imagination allow people to grasp the universe's scale and find comfort in that comprehension. Religious questions about creation remain separate from scientific ones; science shows a history and a beginning but cannot access pre-Big Bang conditions with current instruments.
Read at english.elpais.com
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