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Explore The Big Bang During Free Lecture at DelVal

Delaware Valley College professor Michael Tabachnick will present "Genesis vs. The Big Bang" Wednesday at 7 p.m.

A Delaware Valley College professor of physics will give a presentation exploring Genesis vs. The Big Bang this Wednesday, March 18.

The lecture by professor Michael Tabachnick will be held starting at 7 p.m. in the Life Sciences Building auditorium. There is no cost to attend and the event is open to the public.

Tabachnick will be discussing the similarities he sees between the description of Genesis in the Bible and the Big Bang Theory of what the origin of the universe must have looked like, according to information from the college.

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“Scientists have always struggled with the apparent conflicts between the beliefs of religion and science,” said Tabachnick. “If the scientist is religious, this conflict becomes an internal battle to resolve the differences.”

Tabachnickmi has been part of the DelVal teaching community since 1968. During that time, he has taught all of the physics courses, a number of the mathematics courses, a course in symbolic logic and a critical thinking course.

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