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Dr. Jim Tour’s Lecture on Feb 22

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Yesterday, more than 100 from the UNT and TWU community attended the lecture given by Dr. Jim Tour (Chemistry, Rice University) on “Nanotechnology and Jesus Christ.”

Tour explained developments in the past 10 years in the field of nanotechnology, including the creation of the “Z-car” as the world’s first nano-car [pictured above]. Tour is among the top 10 most-cited chemists in the field of nanotechnology.

He also talked about his Christian faith: “I’m not here to preach to you today. And I’m not a philosopher or theologian, so if you bring up different people or theories, I probably haven’t even heard of them. I’m here to tell you my story.” He then began by narrating events starting with his high school and early college years.

During the Q&A at the conclusion of his lecture, Tour discussed ranging from changing an academic major, to creation-evolution, and to questions about particular advances in conductivity of his nano materials.

Tour gave a similar lecture as part of the Veritas Forum series at Georgia Tech, and you can watch the recording here.

Additional information about Tour is available at his website.

We wish to thank UNT’s Multicultural Center and their tremendous staff for assistance in making this presentation possible.

Nanotechnology And Jesus Christ

Friday, Feb 22 — Noon at UNT

Jim Tour, professor of chemistry at Rice University, will speak:

  • Noon on Friday, Feb 22
  • UNT Business Leadership Building — Room 155.

Tour is among the top ten most cited, most published chemists in the world. [Source: Thomson Reuters]

Tour has been a professor at Rice since 1999 and has over 450 research publications. In 2012 he won the ACS Nano Lectureship Award from the American Chemical Society. More on Tour can be found at his website.
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