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[PAST EVENT] Scientific Treasures Exhibit: Principia and more
September 13, 2013
9:30am - 2:15pm
Swem Library is taking some of its scientific treasures on the road! A number of its rare scientific texts, including a 1687 copy of Isaac Newton's masterwork Principia, will be on display for a one-day exhibit in the Physics Library in Small Hall. Other scientific volumes on display will be a work by Aristotle from 1576, Galileo's Dialogo from 1710, and a 1537 copy of John Holywood's Sphera Volgare Novamente Tradotta, as well as other notable scientific works from the library's special collections.