[Chaos-l] "The Space Race of 1609" (April 1 at Morehead)

[Amy Sayle]

Hi, Jon and CHAOS --

No registration is required for the major public lectures during the 
conference (this would include the April 1st events at Morehead).
More details here: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/harriot400/registration.cfm

Main site here: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/harriot400/

See you at the Wednesday 3-5 pm session with Owen Gingerich and others-
Amy

Jon Stewart-Taylor wrote:
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> On Mar 29, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Amy Sayle wrote:
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>> An event you may be interested in attending this week:
>
> This looks Really Cool.
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>> Free and open to the public.
>
> Do we just show up at the planetarium at the appointed time? Or do we 
> need to make a reservation? I'm interested in the 3-5 session, and the 
> evening sessions as well.
>
> Thanks for letting us know about this one, Amy.
>
> J.
>

Dear CHAOS folks,

An event you may be interested in attending this week:

"The Space Race of 1609--Galileo, Thomas Harriot, and the Invention of 
the Telescope"
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is partnering with East Carolina 
University to celebrate the achievements of a great 17th century 
scientist April 1–4 with the Thomas Harriot Quadricentennial Conference. 
Events at Morehead will be during the afternoon/evening of Wednesday, 
April 1 and include lectures and panel discussions with experts in the 
field, including Owen Gingerich.

April 1st speakers, times, locations, etc. here:
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/harriot400/upload/program.pdf

Free and open to the public.

-Amy Sayle
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center