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Nobel Laureate, Professor Douglas Osheroff at the BA

Alexandria, 6 July 2005— Professor Douglas Osheroff, the 1996 Physics Nobel Laureate, and Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University, is giving two lectures on superfluidity in the isotope helium-3 at absolute zero, 9 July 2005 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA). This is within ...

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Professor Mohamed Osman Nagaty’s personal library at BA

Alexandria, 5 July 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina has received an exclusive collection of 1800 books in different subjects from the late Professor Mohamed Osman Nagaty’s family. Professor Nagaty was Professor of Psychology and Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University. The collection ...

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Environmental Physics: Radiation and Environmental Protection program

Alexandria, 5 July 2005— A summer course about radiation and environmental protection is organized at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), within the celebrations of 2005, which was declared the International Year of Physics. The lectures are presented by Dr. Aladdin Abdul-latif, Associate Professor ...

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Farouk Khorshid’s personal library at the BA

Alexandria, 4 July 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina has recently acquired an exclusive donation from the great collection of Farouk Khorshid’s personal library that includes approximately 2000 books on different subjects. Khorshid, the novelist and media figure, passed away last January at the age ...

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Exploratorium’s summer program for children and youth

Alexandria, 3 July 2005— Children and youth are invited to join the exciting summer program at the Exploratorium of the Planetarium Science Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA). The program’s various workshops aim to encourage teamwork among the children where they learn that a great deal can ...

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