Tomorrow Prof. Paul Mohr from the department of Geology, NUIGalway will be giving us a talk on: "Naked Eye Astronomy, What the Greeks knew and saw, that most of us don't" (part 2)
This October, we welcome back Professor Paul Mohr, one of our most prestigious club members. He will talk to us about the ancient Greeks, who developed philosophical schools and universities that made them the centre of learning in the classical world. Astronomers such as Hipparchus, Aristotle and Ptolemy drew on the immense body of accurate observations and the mathematical techniques developed by the Babylonians, and refined and advanced them. Most importantly, ancient Greece introduced the concept of physics, and initiated scientific thought in general. The essence of their approach was to ask what could underlie the things they observed in nature, such as the motions of the planets etc.
It will kick off at 8pm in claddagh hall, nimmos pier Galway.
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. . . .
T. S. Eliot
A wise man....
  