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Monday, 12 July 2010

Coming to the UWA Open Day on Sunday 15 th August? Visit any one of the seven UWA subject libraries to see what it's like to be a university student (you'll spend a lot of time in the library as a student!).

Collect a free helium balloon and a quiz at the Reid Library. Then head on over to the Science Library where you can find all the answers to the quiz and go into the draw to win one of five $30 Co-Op Bookshop vouchers.

To celebrate Open Day and the beginning of National Science Week (14-22 August), the Science Library will be hosting the SCINEMA Film Festival. There will be two screenings on Sunday in the Science Library foyer:

11am: Space SCINEMA , featuring Eyes on the Skies (60mins), Naming Pluto (13 mins) and Do you know what time it is? (55 mins)

Eyes on the Skies

Germany. Director: Lars Lindenberg Christensen. 60mins.

Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the telescope, the most revolutionary development in the history of astronomy. Explores the history, scientific importance, technological  breakthroughs and people behind the creation of the telescope.

Naming Pluto

UK. Director: Ginita Jimenez. 13mins.

In 1930, 11 year old Venetia Burney Phair, had the honour of naming the planet Pluto.

Do You Know What Time it is?

UK Director: Paul Olding. 55mins.

Professor Brian Cox asks the simplest of questions "What time is it?" but the answer takes him on an unexpected journey.

2pm: Civilized SCINEMA , featuring Planet You (19 mins), the Hobbit Enigma (52 mins) and Lost Village (51 mins)

Planet You

USA. Director: Phil Lindsey. 19 mins.

Investigating the vast ecosystem that is the surface of the human body. Arthropods and bacteria make up some of the creatures that call us home.

The Hobbit Enigma

Australia. Directors: Simon Nasht, Annamaria Talas. 52mins.

Examining one of the greatest controversies in science today; just what did scientists really find when they uncovered the tiny, human like skeleton on the Indonesian Island of Flores?

Lost Village

Czech Republic. Director: Gunnar Raimann. 51mins.

For the first time in human history, a smaller portion of the population live in rural areas. The 20th Century has witnessed rapid urbanisation , villages have been eclipsed in importance.

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