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We would like to invite you to an upcoming Georgia Tech event that we think may be of interest to you. The Georgia Tech Library is hosting Georgia Tech Astronomer Jim Sowell and Research Services and Instruction Archivist Alison Reynolds for an exploration of and conversation about Sir Isaac Newton’s Principia and Opticks.

You’ll get a virtual look at the Georgia Tech Archives copies of Newton’s Principia, which established the modern science of dynamics and serves as the basis for the modern study of physics, and Opticks, which provided our modern understanding of light and color. Participants will discuss intersections between rare books and science and why these works are pivotal to our current understanding of physics and astronomy.