Stuart Clark’s Vast Canvas
The extraordinary thing about Toronto Public Library, is that on any given day, you can go to a library branch and hear and meet and talk with remarkable and well-known authors as they discuss a new book or some breathtaking new idea or direction in research.
Widely read and acclaimed astronomy journalist Stuart Clark is visiting Canada this week to promote his new book The Sky's Dark Labyrinth and tomorrow, October 19, 7 pm, he will be at the Runnymede Branch. The Sky's Dark Labyrinth, the first in a trilogy, tells the story of Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei, two men trapped by human ignorance and irrational terror in one of the darkest, yet also enlightening periods of European history.
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Clark, who usually writes non-fiction, has devoted his career to presenting the complex world of astronomy to the general public. Many of his books are in TPL collections.
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This is a great opportunity for all those who love and are intrigued by science, history and literature. Stuart Clark holds a first class honours degree and a PhD in astrophysics and he is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Back in 2000, the UK daily newspaper The Independent placed him alongside Stephen Hawking and the Astronomer Royal, Professor Sir Martin Rees, as one of the "stars" of British astrophysics teaching. For more information, visit Stuart Clark's website: http://www.stuartclark.com/.
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