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Vanessa Leroy
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Sep 24, 2024 at 6:31 p.m.
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This is the third edition of the festival On the shoulders of giants initiated by the City of Le Havre in 2022. The objective of this event, which will take place this year, from Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 September 2024 : “Reconnecting citizens with science,” explains Fabienne Delafosse, deputy mayor.
More than 130 meetings and 110 speakers on the theme of light
The first year, 6,500 people attended the event and some 13,000 last year. Two days before the opening of the 2024 edition, 11,000 registrants have already been counted for these three days.
If Thursday is reserved for schools, the following two days are open to the general public. In total: more than 130 meetings are scheduled and 110 speakers invited.
After the wind and the infinite, “this year, there is a nod to the 150 years of impressionism with the theme of light “, underlines the elected official from Le Havre. Mathematics, physics, astrophysics, biology…
Here is five highlights selected by the editorial staff of 76actu.
Former NASA Director Gregory Robinson to Speak About James Webb Telescope
“Whether or not we are passionate about science and astronomy, we all have in mind the first shot of the James Webb telescope. Unveiled by US President Joe Biden himself. And for good reason; his first photograph is the deepest ever captured of the Universe; we observe stars but above all very distant galaxies…”, indicates the program of On the Shoulders of Giants.
Gregory Robinson, the scientific director of the project himself, who came from the United States, will be present at a conference on Thursday, September 26, at 6:30 p.m., at the Simone-Veil pole, to talk about this telescope designed by the American, European and Canadian space agencies, put into orbit 1.6 million kilometers from the Earth on December 25, 2021. An interview in English with simultaneous translation into French.
Discover life in space in the CNES spacebus
The National Center for Space Studies’ space bus is a traveling truck that will crisscross the streets of Le Havre during the festival. Its mission in Le Havre will be to introduce people to life in space. It offers a digital planetarium to wander among the stars and learn more about our solar system, as well as conferences to discover Mars or life aboard the ISS.
Swimming pool, funfair, Saint-Roch square… unique experiences
From theory to practice… The swimming pool on the Cours de la République, the Saint-Michel fair, the Perret apartment or even the Saint-Roch square and the Montgeon forest will be an opportunity for spectators to attend fun experiences, conferences, visits…
Let’s take the example of the pool“an ideal setting for doing physics” Why do we float? How does pressure vary with depth? Activities to experience on Friday, September 27 at 10 a.m. and Saturday, September 28 at 10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on Cours de la République.
Same as the funfair. Saturday, September 28, at 3 p.m., the Saint-Michel fair “will be the scene of fun experiments around the physics of sensations.” “Accelerations and decelerations, centrifugal force, law of inertia, gravity, collisions, atmospheric pressure… so many concepts to revisit in the company of a trio of shock physicists.”
Discovering the Northern Lights
Who hasn’t dreamed of seeing the Aurora Borealis with their own eyes? This luminous phenomenon, the subject of much scientific research, remains rare. Astronomer and planetologist, Jean Lilensten has developed a polar aurora simulator, the Planeterrella (to be discovered during workshops on Saturday, September 28) which immerses the public in the heart of their formation mechanism.
He will give a lecture called Polar Lights: The Luminous Earth Friday, September 27 at 9:45 a.m. at the Simone-Veil center.
40 Days in a Cave: An Exceptional Documentary
On March 14, 2021, explorer-researcher Christian Clot locked himself away with 14 volunteers, 7 women and 7 men, to 40 days in the Lombrives cave in French Ariègewithout any access to sunlight or temporal information and without any contact with the outside world. They begin the first collective exploration without access to time.
Isolated in this unfamiliar environment, they will conduct unique scientific studies on the human capacity for adaptation and the way the brain understands time and manages to recreate a new synchronization.
Friday, September 27, at 11 a.m., at the Simone-Veil center, this documentary will be screened. This will be followed by a discussion with Christian Clot, explorer and director of many scientific missions including Deep time, Armelle Rancillac, neurobiologist, and Kora Saccharin, “deeptimeuse”. The conference will be followed by a signing session.
On the shoulders of giants: from Thursday September 26 to Saturday September 28, 2024, in Le Havre.
Free. More information and registration up to 2 hours before the start of the session here.
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