Course on Astronomy & Aerospace Engineering
On March 26 – April 4, 2015, the Pan-European Seminar on “Astronomy and Aerospace Engineering,” was held with great success. It was organized by the student organization BEST Thessaloniki.
The official opening ceremony took place on Friday, March 27, at 9: 30-12: 30 in the Auditorium A. Tsioumis of the Polytechnic School of AUTH. The Opening Ceremony was announced by the Dean of the Polytechnic School, Professor Konstantinos Katsampalos. Then, a presentation on “The Harmony of the Spheres: Philosophy, Astronomy and Music” followed in two parts:
A. “The Harmony of the Spheres: Pythagoreans-Plato-Aristotle”
Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou
Professor Emerita of Philosophy of Science, AUTH
President of the “Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies,” AUTH
Β. “The Harmony of the Sheres and Astronomy”
John-Hugh Seiradakis Professor of Astronomy, AUTH
Director of Astronomy Lab of the School of Physics, AUTH
Vice-President of the “Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies,” AUTH
After the Opening Ceremony the program of the first day included the following lectures:
12.30-13.10
“Cosmological Systems in the Ancient Greek Philosophical World”
Professor Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou
13.10-14.30:
“Aristotle and Contemporary Physics”
Professor Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou
15.30-17.30:
“Ancient Greek Astronomy and the Antikythera Mechanism”
Professor John-Hugh Seiradakis
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