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Additional Programme
Rendezvous With Galileo
“Thank you for sharing the fascinating history of the books by Kepler, Galileo, and others.
It was a real treat to learn more about these great scientists and their original ideas.” –
Pratiksha B. Gaikwad, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Florida
Lindau's Old Town Hall houses the historic library
Guided tour by curator Burkhard Kümmerer
Careful handling required
Impressive even behind glass
The participants of the Lindau Meetings typically do not
miss even a single item on the programme, which this
time included an exhibition on “Wrathful Rods, Messengers of Terror, Objects From the Sky – From Aristotle to
Newton.”
In fact, the Old Town Hall houses an outstanding
collection of books from the early years of modern
science: The first editions of Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus, Newton’s Principia Mathematica, and Kepler’s
Astronomia Nova. Curator and Lindau Alumnus Burkhard
Kümmerer as well as Director Markus Breitwieser were
happy to offer a guided tour through this treasure trove
on comets and their important role in the Copernican
Revolution.
Vitaly Wirthl from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, expressed his excitement: “Professor Kümmerer was explaining the history of physics
topics with such an impressive depth and background,
along with great joy and passion. I very much hope for the
future participants of the Meetings that this additional
programme will be available again!”
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