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Planning to attend Professor John Percy’s talk on Galileo's Legacy at the Toronto Reference Library Tuesday, April 5th from 1-3 PM?  You might be inspired to read more about his talk by checking out some of these interesting and thought provoking books.  

In Strange new worlds: the search for alien planets and life beyond our solar system, Ray Jayawardhana  recounts the stories of the scientists and the breakthroughs that have ushered in this age of exploration. He describes the latest findings–including his own–that are challenging our view of the cosmos and casting new light on the origins and evolution of planets and planetary systems.  

Terence Dickinson examines the likelihood of finding living organisms elsewhere in the solar system and the possibility of intelligent life existing in another part of the universe in his book The universe and beyond.  You may even want to read his modern classic The backyard astronomer's guide to learn about the latest data and the questions most often asked by home astronomers, from beginners to experienced stargazers.  

The enigma of time has captivated science journalist Dan Falk,  who sets off on an intellectual journey   In search of time. The quest takes him from the ancient observatories of stone-age Ireland and England to the atomic clocks of the U.S. Naval Observatory; from the layers of geological “deep time” in an Arizona canyon to Albert Einstein’s apartment in Switzerland.

And of course, you could even take a stab at something by Galileo himself, such as Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican.   Written in 1632, Galileo masterfully demonstrates the truth of the Copernican system over the Ptolemaic one, proving that the earth revolves around the sun. And like other classical philosophical works, it is written in dialogue form and remains as readable now as when it was first published. 

So, see you at Professor John Percy's lecture, Galileo's Legacy in the Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Tuesday, April 5th from 1-3 PM!

Planning to attend Professor John Percy’s talk on Galileo's Legacy at the Toronto Reference Library Tuesday, April 5th from 1-3 PM?  You might be inspired to read more about his talk by checking out some of these interesting and thought provoking books.  

In Strange new worlds: the search for alien planets and life beyond our solar system, Ray Jayawardhana  recounts the stories of the scientists and the breakthroughs that have ushered in this age of exploration. He describes the latest findings–including his own–that are challenging our view of the cosmos and casting new light on the origins and evolution of planets and planetary systems.  

Terence Dickinson examines the likelihood of finding living organisms elsewhere in the solar system and the possibility of intelligent life existing in another part of the universe in his book The universe and beyond.  You may even want to read his modern classic The backyard astronomer's guide to learn about the latest data and the questions most often asked by home astronomers, from beginners to experienced stargazers.  

The enigma of time has captivated science journalist Dan Falk,  who sets off on an intellectual journey   In search of time. The quest takes him from the ancient observatories of stone-age Ireland and England to the atomic clocks of the U.S. Naval Observatory; from the layers of geological “deep time” in an Arizona canyon to Albert Einstein’s apartment in Switzerland.

And of course, you could even take a stab at something by Galileo himself, such as Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican.   Written in 1632, Galileo masterfully demonstrates the truth of the Copernican system over the Ptolemaic one, proving that the earth revolves around the sun. And like other classical philosophical works, it is written in dialogue form and remains as readable now as when it was first published. 

So, see you at Professor John Percy's lecture, Galileo's Legacy in the Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Tuesday, April 5th from 1-3 PM!