The BA Launches Sky of Alexandria show in Cooperation with the Arab Academy for Science and Technology at the PSC

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Alexandria— The BA Planetarium Science Center (PSC) will present on Saturday, 29 December 2007 the premiere of Sky of Alexandria; a planetarium video-panorama show (30 min). Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria and Dr. Gamal El-Din Mokhtar, President of the Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST) will attend the premiere.

The story of Sky of Alexandria, the first planetarium show ever produced entirely in the Middle East, revolves around the evolution of Man’s vision of the sky in search for answers to its riddles and laws of motion across time. The show explains how time is an important factor in the evolution of knowledge and the changes in ideas, opinions, and visions.

The Sky of Alexandria was produced by the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, which was responsible for the animated graphics and direction. The original idea and script were laid by the astronomers and specialists of the BA Planetarium Science Center; and the scientific content was revised by Dr. Farouk Elbaz.

The show will start at 12:00 hrs. at the PSC.


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