Public Talk On Extra-terrestrials, Time Travel And Telescopes
Posted on June 5th, 2009 in Irish Science
UCD are hosting a talk next week on Wednesday June 10 about extra-terrestrials, time travel and telescopes. It takes place at 11:00am in Theatre A, in the Science Hub at University College Dublin. Dr Andrew Newsam is a Reader in Astronomy Education at The Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, where he specialises in turning sets of astronomical data into a collection of useful numbers that can be used to do science with. Dr Newsam is also Director of the National Schools Observatory, a project aimed at giving school children the opportunity to make their own observations alongside professional astronomers on top-quality telescopes. His talk is part of the UCD Schools Astronomy Lecture Celebrating International Year of Astronomy 2009 and is entitled ‘Exploring the Universe – A tale of telescopes, time travel and extra-terrestrials. This talk is suitable for TY, 5th and 6th year secondary school students. Admission is free but prebooking is essential by emailing orla.donoghue@ucd.ie
