The Schools of Celtic Studies and Cosmic Physics participated in Culture Night recently.
Visitors to the School of Celtic Studies viewed the School’s publications as well as some of their rare books and manuscripts. There was a demonstration of the Irish Scripts on Screen (ISOS) project and of the Ogham in 3D projects and visitors viewed recently scanned 3D digital models of ogham stones.
Over 150 people visited Dunsink Observatory to view the historic observatory buildings, which were once the home of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, world renowned mathematician and scientist. They also viewed the magnificent Victorian engineering of the South telescope and dome, and heard the remarkable story of the Dublin company, Grubb Telescope Company, that became one of the greatest telescope makers in the world. There was a workshop for children on comets and participants learned about the European Space Agency‘s Rosetta mission to comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko later this year. The talks for adults focused on the origins of the Solar System and shooting stars. Visitors also viewed samples of meteorites which the IFAS had on display for the evening.
Is í An Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta i gcomhar le Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath agus Iontaobhas Cultúrtha Bharra an Teampaill a d’eagraigh Oíche Chultúir duit.
Culture Night is brought to you by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in partnership with Dublin City Council and Temple Bar Cultural Trust.
http://www.culturenight.ie/
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Last Updated: 23rd May 2018 by mary
Culture Night 2014 – Friday 19th September 2014
The Schools of Celtic Studies and Cosmic Physics participated in Culture Night recently.
Visitors to the School of Celtic Studies viewed the School’s publications as well as some of their rare books and manuscripts. There was a demonstration of the Irish Scripts on Screen (ISOS) project and of the Ogham in 3D projects and visitors viewed recently scanned 3D digital models of ogham stones.
Over 150 people visited Dunsink Observatory to view the historic observatory buildings, which were once the home of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, world renowned mathematician and scientist. They also viewed the magnificent Victorian engineering of the South telescope and dome, and heard the remarkable story of the Dublin company, Grubb Telescope Company, that became one of the greatest telescope makers in the world. There was a workshop for children on comets and participants learned about the European Space Agency‘s Rosetta mission to comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko later this year. The talks for adults focused on the origins of the Solar System and shooting stars. Visitors also viewed samples of meteorites which the IFAS had on display for the evening.
Is í An Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta i gcomhar le Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath agus Iontaobhas Cultúrtha Bharra an Teampaill a d’eagraigh Oíche Chultúir duit.
Culture Night is brought to you by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in partnership with Dublin City Council and Temple Bar Cultural Trust.
http://www.culturenight.ie/
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Big thank you to @MartinaPQuinn of @helloalicepr for moderating the discussion, and of course to our panel @NeasaMcG @CormacORafferty and @laoneill111
@CormacORafferty "to cut yourself off from fundamental research means you could miss out on some of the biggest ideas"
@laoneill "it's our job as researchers to keep reminding governments how important basic research is" "For Dev basic research being carried out in Ireland was a badge of pride"
@NeasaMcG Schrödinger's work in causality was not well received by the religious authorities at the time At the same time DIAS did have Catholic priests working on research projects in the early days, so there was not the conflict you might think between science and religion
@laoneill111 Schrödinger was very popular in social circles in Dublin, a bit of a renaissance man
@CormacORafferty Schrödinger was gifted at explaining difficult concepts
@CormacORafferty on how unsuccessful work, in Schrödinger's case, unified field theory, is just as important part of science. And no one has managed to crack it yet! And not forgetting the cat
@laoneill111 how Schrödinger's book inspired scientists to change fields and result in the finding of the double helix.
@NeasaMcG explaining how DIAS came about and how Schrödinger was attracted to Ireland #DIASdiscovers
Panel Discussion getting underway! @laoneill111 @CormacORafferty @NeasaMcG @MartinaPQuinn
We're half way through the documentary... Join us for the rest and the fascinating discussion to follow DM for link
@Stella15882 @NeasaMcG @HistFest @lukeoneil47 @CormacORafferty @MartinaPQuinn Stella, send me an email. I'll get a link to you communications@dias.ie
Starting in just over an hour we have limited tickets left for tonights broadcast and panel discussion. Get your free ticket now twitter.com/DIAS_Dublin/st…
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@dias_geophysics have developed something special for @galway2020 in collaboration with composer David Stalling. It is an audio-visual composition “Palace of Ships,” based on sounds, images and seismic data from DIAS’ @SEA_SEIS Expeditions. More: dias.ie/2020/09/14/dia…
Meet some of our panelists for tomorrows discussion on the impact and legacy of the work carried out by Erwin Schroedinger during his time in Ireland as our first Director of Theoretical Physics Grab a free ticket here: eventbrite.ie/e/115984908985