Galileo Galilei at the Barr - a free public talk with Professor Charles Pearce

Submitted by michaelkingsfordgray on Sun, 16/05/2010 - 5:37pm
Date: 
Sun, 16/05/2010 - 1:00pm
Location: 
University of Adelaide North Terrace Campus Barr Smith Library Ira Raymond Exhibition Room

Friends of the University of Adelaide Library

"Galileo Galilei at the Barr" - a free public talk with Professor Charles Pearce (Elder Professor of Mathematics, University of Adelaide).

Discover with Professor Pearce the Barr Smith Library's copy of Galileo's Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno à due nuove scienze, 1638, and find out how the Library came to own a copy.

When: 1.05pm, Thursday 27 May
Where: Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library, North Terrace Campus
Cost: Free and open to the public
RSVP: by Tuesday 25 May to robina [dot] weiratadelaide [dot] edu [dot] au or phone +61 8 8303 4064