1980s

Presentation Date: Monday, March 20, 1989 Location: Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL An exhibit on the development of the metric system, illustrating how the zeal for reform during the French Revolution extended beyond the political arena...

Presentation Date: Saturday, March 21, 1987 Location: Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL Commemorating the tricentennial of the Principia's publication, this exhibition had four parts: Newton's Life and Work Newton Made Simple...

Presentation Date: Tuesday, September 23, 1986 Location: Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL Exploration of Galileo's scientific achievements, his political difficulties and trial. Popular myths exploded by close examination of his books...

Presentation Date: Monday, September 23, 1985 Location: Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL Broadsides, rare books, and artifacts illustrated how comets were perceived first as signs of divine wrath and then as natural, planetary bodies. The...

Presentation Date: Tuesday, March 20, 1984 Location: Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL The fascination and fear of eclipses revealed through early books and artifacts. Emphasis on the use of eclipses to test both basic and complex...

Presentation Date: Monday, March 21, 1983 Location: Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL Artifacts as examples of the many ways people have modeled their universe. With models people have calculated stellar and planetary positions, and...