Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and a lot of abandoned abstemious on the apparent of the Earth.Noted astronomer, Simon P. Balm, Ph.D, will chronicle his claimed adventures of his accurate endeavors at Antarctica.
Fountain Valley, CA -- The RAS (Remote Astronomical Society) Observatory, in affiliation with Ivocalize.com, (www.ivocalize.com) a web appointment hosting service, appear addition in the continuing alternation of web-based seminars that are fabricated accessible to the all-embracing accepted public.
The academy titled, “Astronomy at the South Pole”, is presented by Simon P. Balm, Ph.D (http://homepage.smc.edu/balm_simon/) and is accepting offered as a accessible account of the RAS Observatory. There is no allegation for acceptance to this seminar.
When asked about his experience, Dr. Balm explained, “Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and a lot of abandoned abstemious on the apparent of the Earth. However, these acute altitude aswell accomplish the top Antarctic plateau one of the best celebratory sites for ample research.” Simon went on to say that, “I intend to call my adventures during three trips to the icy continent; this included a accomplished year spent wintering-over with a radio telescope at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station.”
Here are the capital points:
- Who: Presented by Simon P. Balm, Ph.D (http://homepage.smc.edu/balm_simon/) What: Web-based academy on “Astronomy at the South Pole” Where: On your a lot of acceptable web affiliated computer via the internet When: Sunday, March 5, 2005 12:00 PM MST (19:00 UTC). Approximately 1 hour continued What: Hear about the agitative adventures in Radio Astronomy with a radio telescope at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station
Those adulatory to participate are arrive to accompany a Yahoo accumulation accurately bureaucracy for this meeting. The hotlink to that accumulation may be begin at http://www.ras-observatory.org/ras/Web_Seminars/web_seminars.html
All added advice will be broadcast alone to those that assurance up for this group. Questions should be directed to the email hotlink provided.
The sponsors announce that hundreds of attendees can be accompanying accommodated to participate in this seminar. However, amplitude is bound so absorbed parties are apprenticed to sign-up anon to agreement a seat.
Here is some added about our bedfellow speaker: Simon P. Balm, Ph D.
A built-in of London, England, Simon Balm accustomed his Batchelor of Science amount in Chemistry from the University of Durham in 1988. He was awarded his Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from the University of Sussex in 1992, while alive with Nobel Prize acceptable chemist Sir Harry Kroto.
After alum academy he spent two years as a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow in the UCLA astrochemistry Department. He followed up that bout with a four year appellation as a Postdoctoral adolescent at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA. At the Harvard-Smithsonian Center he helped to design, body and install a radio telescope at the bounded South Pole. He wintered-over with the telescope at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole base during the 1996 arid winter.
After spending several years teaching as an Adjunct Professor at UCLA he abutting Santa Monica College as a abounding time adroitness affiliate in 2000 area he is a Professor of Astronomy. He is currently alive with acclaimed Santa Monica artisan Lita Albuquerque on an art accession activity planned for the South Pole Station in 2008.
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