The following are some events that you might be interested in checking out if you’re in the area or putting in your tickler file for next year:
December 1, 2005
The National Humanities Center Lecture Series
“Historical Counterfactuals and Alternate History Novels”
Catherine Gallagher from the University of California, Berkeley will discuss the alternate history sub-genre of science fiction [...]
This Saturday, Nov. 19, Andrew Lowe will present a free web-based seminar titled “Using the Internet to discover Asteroids.” The seminar, which is a public service of RAS (Remote Astronomical Society) Observatory, will start at noon MST.
To participate and learn more, you will need to join a Yahoo! group specifically setup for this meeting, which [...]
Next Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005, the Bishop Museum’s Science Adventure Center in Hawai’i will open its doors for the very first time. This 16,500 square-foot facility focuses on “the natural wonders of Hawai’i and the world through science exploration,” and it does this in a very immersive and interactive way.
There’s
an interactive volcanic vent, where visitors [...]
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The following are some events that you might be interested in checking out if you’re in the area, or putting in your tickler file for next year:
November 25-27, 2005
ChamBanaCon 35
Billed as the “singing, eating, reading, so you can relax convention,” ChamBanaCon is held in Springfiled, Ill., each year. This year, guests of honor will include [...]
November is a big month for space buffs. Five years ago this month, Bill Shepherd and his crew, flight engineers Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko, first arrived at the International Space Station. 39 years ago this month, Gemini XII made its only trip into space with Jim Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin aboard. And, on [...]
