Lecture series "Ontdek jezelf. Begin bij het heelal."
Nederlandse versie
The lecture series has come to an end. You are welcome
to read the reports of the lectures and look at the photos, as well as to download
the pdf versions of the presentations by clicking on the links in the table below.
The year 2009 has been declared the International Year of Astronomy
(IYA2009) by the
UNESCO upon proposal by the International
Astronomical Union (IAU). The occasion is the
celebration of the 400th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical
telescope by Galileo Galilei.
To participate in the global activities of the IYA2009, the institute for
astronomy of the K.U. Leuven organises a series of public lectures on
astronomy related topics, called "Ontdek jezelf. Begin bij het heelal."
("Discover yourself. Start with the Universe."). The lectures are aimed at the
general public, thus they will be leveled to general understanding,
and will take place in an auditorium in the centre of Leuven.This web page
sumarises the information for this lecture series.
The list of speakers for "Ontdek jezelf. Begin bij het heelal." includes
well-known scientists from the Dutch-speaking community, with experts from the
Institute for Astronomy in Leuven, but also for instance the current Director
General of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), Tim de Zeeuw. A number of
other distinguished astrophysicists will give talks as well.
The target group of the lecture series "Ontdek jezelf. Begin bij het heelal."
is the general public, in particular employees and alumni of the K.U.
Leuven (Science Faculty), students, amateur astronomers, science school
teachers, and interested laymen. Since the level of the talks will be
introductory, the lectures will be suited for everybody. Nevertheless, the
speakers will give a comprehensible insight into the current developments and
discoveries in their respective field of research. All talks will be in Dutch.
Inscription or reservation is not required, and the entrance is for free.
The program is as follows:
By clicking on the lecture titles that appear as link, the presentation can be downloaded in pdf format. Warning: The presentations cannot be used in other publications without permission of the
authors. Some of the figures in the presentations may be protected by copyright. Permission for their use must be retrieved from the respective copyright holder.
All talks will take place at 20:00h in the
Auditorium Zeger Van
Hee (from outside the K.U. Leuven, click
here!), College De Valk, Tiensestraat
41, 3000 Leuven (map).
Here is the poster of the lecture series:
Poster, PDF, 3.5 MB
Important links:
International IYA2009 web page
Belgian National Node IYA2009
Further information can be inquired by sending an e-mail to
stefan@ster.kuleuven.be or
joris.blommaert@ster.kuleuven.be.
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