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William Herschel and the Universe
Film
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Event details
Join us for a special viewing of a wonderful film directed by George Sibley, showing how William Herschel’s telescopes, observations and theories transformed the clockwork universe imagined by Isaac Newton into the evolutionary and wonder-filled cosmos we know today.
Supported by the John Templeton Foundation.
Partners
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