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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-05-08
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[01] CERN exhibition 'Accelerating Science' at Evgenidio Foundation
[01] CERN exhibition 'Accelerating Science' at Evgenidio Foundation
The Evgenidio Foundation on Monday held an official presentation for
the interactive traveling exhibition "Accelerating Science" set up by
CERN, the European nuclear research facility in Geneva, which will be
on show at its premises in Athens until May 31.
The exhibition, which is on a European tour to celebrate the 60th
anniversary since CERN's foundation, is designed for adults and children
over 10 years old and aims to bring general public closer to the
groundbreaking science taking place at the huge particle accelerator at
CERN's underground facility. It is hosted in Greece by the Evgenidio
Foundation, the private school Ellinogermaniki Agogi, the National
Technical University of Athens (NTUA), the University of Athens, the
Institute of Accelerator Systems and Applications and the Union of
Physicists of Greece.
Entrance is free of charge and the exhibition will be open to the public
every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 17:00 to 21:00 (excluding bank
holidays) and at weekends from 11:00 to 21:00.
The organisers have also planned special educational programmes
for school parties on all mornings during the week provided they are
booked in advance (210 9469631 and 210 9469632, Monday to Friday, from
9:00-14:00). A separate training programme for primary and secondary
school science teachers will also take place alongside the exhibition.
Monday's presentation was attended by general secretary for research
and technology Christos Vasilakos, who described the exhibition as a
major event and said that Greece hopes to maximise the benefits from
its participation in the CERN projects in coming years. Other speakers
included NTUA Rector Simos Simopoulos, who highlighted the contribution by
NTUA scientists in CERN experiments, and Greece's national representative
at CERN Professor Dimitris Nanopoulos, as well as CERN director Professor
Manolis Tsesmelis.
Both of them highlighted the visit paid to CERN by President of the
Republic Karolos Papoulias last week, during his visit to Switzerland,
where he met the Greek team of scientists at the facility and signed the
visitors' book. Greece was among the 11 states that signed the founding
declaration for the CERN facility in 1953.
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