VERITAS “First Light”Public Events

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A public lecture marking the “First Light” of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System at the Whipple Observatory,       

“A Cosmic Mystery Soup”

 presented by

Lawrence M. Krauss
Ambrose Swasey Prof. of Physics and Astronomy
Director, Ctr. for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics
Dept. of Physics, Case Western Reserve University

Prof. Krauss is a physicist, lecturer and author of such books as “The Physics of
Star Trek” and “Atom.”       http://www.phys.cwru.edu/~krauss/

Friday, April 27           7:30 p.m.
Green Valley Recreation Center West Auditorium

VERITAS Open House

Sunday, April 29    1-4:30 p.m.

at Whipple Observatory Visitors Center VERITAS scientists will be on hand to explain the workings of the telescopes to members of the public. VERITAS will explore gamma-rays of the highest energies, probing physics under extreme conditions. For more information, call the Whipple Observatory Visitors Center at 670-5707.