MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2013



Weird Science: Finding the Unexpected in the Libraries' Rare Book Collections

Stephen Skuce, Audrey Pearson, Patrick Ford

Jan/11 Fri 10:30AM-12:00PM 14N-118

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 30 participants
Prereq: none

Here’s your chance to see some of the most intriguing—and occasionally perplexing—books in the library vault. Come see selections from MIT’s rare book collections in a show-and-tell session focused on unlikely “scientific” subjects such as animal magnetism, alchemy, and n-rays. The session will provide short introductions to the unusual topics covered in these books, and will allow participants to view the books up close. Please register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=194514

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Audrey Pearson, 14N-118, 617 715-4466, PEARSONA@MIT.EDU