Event time:
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Audience:
Yale Community
General Public
Location:
Beinecke Library
Event description:
To celebrate Quantum World Day, and part of the 2023-2024 Model Research Collection on quantum computation, we invite you to a pop-up exhibit to discover a selection of rare science books and manuscripts from 1511 into the 20th century from the collections of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Featured authors include Galileo, Isaac Newton, Josiah Gibbs, Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Max Planck, and Neils Bohr.
Curated by Andy Shimp, librarian for Engineering and Applied Science, Chemistry, and Mathematics