Malcolm Longair Public Lecture

Coles Theatre, Powerhouse Museum
Tuesday 25 October 2005, Free with Museum entry

11.00am – 12.30noon Public School Lecture and
6:00pm –7:30pm Public Evening Lecture

To celebrate the anniversary of Albert Einstein's amazing annus mirabilis, or "year of wonders” some of Einstein’s key experiments will be recreated live on stage at the Powerhouse Museum with renowned British Astrophysicist, Malcolm Longair.

Malcolm Longair is the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy and head of the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. He is a highly noted Astrophysicist and has contributed to NASA’s Hubble telescope project and the European space agency program. He has published eight books including Theoretical Concepts in Physics, Alice and the Space Telescope and Galaxy Formation.

This enthusiastic and energetic Professor will be presenting a hands on demonstration of some of the key experiments related to Einstein’s work - some of the greatest Physics experiments of all time.