The Nassau Community College Spring 2011 Cultural Program
The programs are free, open to the public and accessible to the disabled. For more information about the NCC Cultural Program, please call 516.572.7153.
Wed., March 9 at 12:30 p.m., CCB – How I Killed Pluto (and Why It Had it Coming) – In 2005, California Institute of Technology astronomer Mike Brown discovered Eris, a tenth “planet” bigger than Pluto. A few months later, Brown was getting hate mail from schoolchildren around the world. Hear about this tumultuous year from an astronomer known for his sense of humor and his ability to translate technical concepts into layperson’s language.