From the 3rd-10th September, the British Association for Advancement of Science is organising a large number of science related events in Dublin. The url for this is
www.the-ba.net/the-ba/Events/FestivalofScience/
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I ran a search on the astronomy-related events, and here they are...
Festival 2005 Programme Search Results
SUN, MOON AND METEORITES: QUEST FOR OUR ORIGINS - Organised by: Trinity College Dublin and the BA Geology Section,
Date : 05/09/2005 - Time : 09.30-12.30
Location : Chemistry Building LT - Cost : **€7.00
- Meteorites and the origin of planets - Ian Sanders, Trinity College Dublin
- The birth of Solar Systems: the first three million years - Tom Ray, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
- The making of the Moon: of what, when and how? - Stephen Daly, University College Dublin
WATER ON MARS - Organised by: Halstead Trust,
Date : 05/09/2005 - Time : 14.00-18.00
Location : Chemistry Building LT - Cost : **€7.00
- What's new on ancient Mars? - Mary Bourke, Planetary Science Institute
DUBLIN AND THE NEW PHYSICS - Organised by: The BA History of Science Section
Date : 06/09/2005 - Time : 09.15-12.15
Location : Panoz Institute LT 2 - Cost : **€7.00
- Fitzgerald and friends - Denis Weaire, Trinity College Dublin
- Erwin Schrödinger - Physicist of Ireland? - Andrew Whitaker, Queen's Univeraity Belfast
- Sir William Hunter McCrea: The man, the scientist and the Irish connection - Petros Florides, Trinity College Dublin
EINSTEIN AND ASTRONOMY - Organised by: The BA Physics & Astronomy Section Presidential Session
Date : 08/09/2005 - Time : 14.00-17.30
Location : Edmund Burke LT, Arts Building - Cost : **€7.00
- A S Eddington and Einstein's theories - Jocelyn Bell Burnell, University of Oxford and President of the BA Physics and Astonomy Section
- Gravitational waves: Wrinkles in relativity - Sheila Rowan, University of Glasgow
- Fast, attractive and very precise - Michael Kramer, University of Manchester
- Illuminating the dark side of the Universe with gravitational lensing - Meghan Gray, University of Nottingham
HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE - Organised by: National College of Ireland,
Date : 08/09/2005 - Time : 19.00-21.00
Location : National College Ireland, Mayor St, IFSC - Cost : Free, ticket required
