EUREKA! COSMIC EXPLORATIONS OF ARCHIMEDES, ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AND EDGAR ALLAN POE

Dr. Ron Olowin, of Saint Mary's College of California, will provide insights into interesting and little-known stories in the history of astronomy. Archimedes of Syracuse was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt made many contributions to scientific progress in his conception of the unity of science, nature, and mankind. American author Edgar Allan Poe's non-fiction treatise, Eureka, subtitled as 'An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe', anticipated discoveries of the 20th century. This presentation will weave a common thread of insight and invention of three remarkable innovators who defined and refined modern cosmology.