In the framework of a cultural program between the United Kingdom and Greece, and in collaboration with the British Council and the Hellenic Astronomical Society, Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell is going to deliver a public lecture entitled:
Date | Time | Location |
4 Dec. 2001 | 8:30pm | 2nd floor of the Municipal Library of Thessaloniki, 27 Ethnikis Aminis str., Thessaloniki |
6 Dec. 2001 | 8:00pm | Horizon Hall, Hotel Divani Caravel, 2 Vasileos Alexandrou str., Athens |
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell is currently the Dean of Science at the University of Bath, (U.K.). She has won numerous awards and distinctions, and she is known internationally for her seminal work on the discovery of pulsars in 1968. Pulsars are rotating neutron stars and the scientific importance of their discovery was exemplified with the 1974 nobel prize in physics.
Professor Bell Burnell will also be delivering a scientific lecture in both cities entitled:
Date | Time | Location |
5 Dec. 2001 | 12:30pm | ``A31 Lecture Hall'' of the Sciences bldg., Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Thessaloniki |
7 Dec. 2001 | 12:00pm | Auditorium, Sect. of Astrophysics, Astronomy & Mechanics, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens |
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