His talk, "The Moon Hoax Hoax: Yes, We Did Land on the Moon," will take place at 2 p.m. in the Northridge Center of the University Student Union on the east side of the campus at 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge.

Plait, who works with the Education and Public Outreach Group at Sonoma State University, plans to refute claims that man never landed on the moon and demonstrate, by using "good science," that the lunar landings were indeed real.

Plait, who has a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Virginia, has dubbed himself "The Bad Astronomer" because he has dedicated himself to ferreting out the misuse and misrepresentation of science, in particular astronomy. He has created a Web site, www.badastronomy.com, that is devoted to dispelling the myths and correcting the inaccuracies often associated with the space sciences.

His lecture is free and open to the public.

Plait's appearance at Northridge is sponsored by CSUN's Distinguished Visiting Speakers Program, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Bianchi Planetarium.

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