History of Astronomy at the University of Notre Dame

Roughly sixty students and scholars from around the globe convened in Indiana this past July for the University of Notre Dame Thirteenth Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop, or NDXIII.  NDXIII took place July 5-6 at Notre Dame, July 7 at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, and July 8-9 again at Notre Dame.  The theme of NDXIII was “Models and Mechanisms.”  Presentations spanned cultures and ages. A significant portion of NDXIII treated work from the age of ancient Greece, specifically the Antikythera Mechanism.  Dr. Michael Edmunds, emeritus professor at Cardiff University, where he was head of the School of Physics and Astronomy, gave two presentations on this subject: one for a general audience, and one for the more scholarly audience attending NDXIII.  Dr. Edmunds is chair of the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project, chair of the Astronomical Heritage Committee of the Royal Astronomical Society, and a former member of two UK Research Councils. Dr. Edmunds not only captivated both his general and … Continue reading →

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