Professor David Block on 2016

Professor David Block tells us why 2016 was such a bad year, according to Astronomy

If you felt like 2016 was a bad year, one of South Africa's most treasured Astronomers, Professor David Block joined Martin Bester to explain to us why 2016 was such a bad year.

David Block

Is it all written in the stars or do we create our own destiny?


Professor Block is a renowned and sought after speaker; he answers based on his 43 years of experience in cutting-edge scientific discoveries one of the world's most daunting questions, "why" bad things happened this year.


Are the answers all written in the stars or do we create our own destiny as we go along?


Martin and the team spoke to Professor David Block about Astronomy and how it affects our day to day lives. 


As an elected Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of London at the age of 19. His first research paper on relativistic astrophysics was published in London by the Astronomical Society at the age of 20. He is a Professor of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and has a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in applied mathematics, a Master of Science degree in relativistic astrophysics.


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However even though 2016 was such a bad year, Professor Block tells us we should look forward to 2017!


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