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Children Explain Science to Children

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Planetarium and Science Museum Center (PSC), won the special award for its project “Children Explain Science to Children” in the scientific exposition “Exposcience” in France from 19 – 22 July. Countries participating in the competition included Algeria, Egypt, Germany, ...

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Death of Francis Crick the DNA pioneer

British Nobel laureate Professor Crick passed away on Wednesday 28 July 2004 at age 88 at the Thornton Hospital in San Diego, US. He had been battling colon cancer for some time. Co-discoverer with American James Watson in 1953 of one of the most important scientific findings of the 20th century, ...

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Music and Art at the BA

The Arts Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is hosting a program of international cultural activities from 20 July- 20 August 2004. The program includes music, dance, film and theatre from many countries including Iraq, Germany, Spain and Sweden. From Iraq, the program features two oud ...

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World Press Photos

From 29 July- 23 August 2004, the main reading area at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is hosting the World Press Photo Exhibition, the number one international competition for press photography. The exhibition is organized by the Arts Center at the BA and sponsored by the Royal Netherlands ...

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The BA Celebrates the 100^th Birthday of Chilean Poet Pablo Neruda

On 12 July, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) marked the birth centenary of Chilean poet and literature Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda (1904-1973). The BA celebration was attended by Chilean ambassador to Cairo Samuel Fernandez Illanes, director of the Cervantes Institute in Alexandria, BA director, ...

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