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F23-122, History of the Universe (Classical)
October 6, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Bethel Lutheran Church, 8712 Plantation Lane, Manassas 20110
Join Mark Dodge as he presents an introduction to the classical view of time and the universe. Why do we have 24 hours in a day and 60 minutes in an hour? Why not some other number? Why do we have the calendar we have? What are planets, and why did they cause such confusion for the ancients? How did we get from the perfectly obvious idea that the Sun goes around the Earth to the weird idea that the Earth goes around the Sun? And why is Pluto not a planet any more?
Presenter: Mark Dodge
Mark Dodge received his bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of California Berkeley and his master’s degree in engineering physics from the University of Virginia. He worked as an engineering scientist at IBM for 12 years and then as a high school physics teacher for 24 years.
LLI Coordinator: Christina Cinalli