Events

Wednesday February 15, 2012
Start: 02/15/2012 4:00 pm
End: 02/15/2012 5:00 pm

NEXT SEMINAR

A New Era in Ground- Based Astronomy with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

Dr. Steve Bickerton

Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University


 

 

 

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Start: 02/22/2012 4:00 pm
End: 02/22/2012 5:00 pm

NEXT SEMINAR

Remote sensing in post-disaster environments using an autonomous helicopter

Dr. Kevin Kochersberger

Research Associate Professor
Unmanned Systems Laboratory
Virginia Tech


 

 

 

Thursday February 23, 2012
Start: 02/23/2012 7:30 pm
End: 02/23/2012 9:00 pm

February 23, 2012--Roger Easton and Keith Knox

Roger EastonKeith Knox

"Ten Years of Imaging between (and through) Lines of the Archimedes Palimpsest"

Easton and Knox will discuss the Archimedes Palimpsest, a circa 10th-century parchment manuscript that includes the oldest known copies of seven treatises by Archimedes. This talk will consider the entire restoration project, with emphasis on the imaging and processing techniques used to clarify and enhance the texts.

Hawkins-Carlson room , Rush Rhees Library at 7:30 p.m.

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