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EU HR Javier Solana visits the BA

Alexandria, 11 July 2005— Mr. Javier Solana Madariaga, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union (EU) and EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, paid a visit to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) on 10 July 2005. During the visit, Mr. Solana toured the BA’s ...

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Changes to the International Summer Arts Festival outdoor events

Alexandria, 11 July 2005— In solidarity with the Egyptian public’s mourning over the loss of Ambassador Ihab Al-Sharif, Egypt’s ambassador-designate in Iraq, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina has cancelled its outdoor events of the Fourth International Summer Arts Festival during the period from 10 to 12 ...

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Professor Osheroff explores superfluidity of liquid helium-3

Alexandria, 10 July 2005— Saturday, 9 July 2005 witnessed two lectures by Professor Douglas Osheroff, the 1996 Physics Nobel Laureate, and Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University. In his first lecture, "So what really happens at absolute zero?", Professor Osheroff presented ...

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Universal Networking Language (UNL) project at the BA

Alexandria, 7 July 2005— The International School of Information Science (ISIS) at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is currently working on one of its largest research projects entitled, Universal Networking Language (UNL), in cooperation with the Universal Networking Digital Language (UNDL) ...

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Nobel Laureate, Professor Douglas Osheroff at the BA

Alexandria, 6 July 2005— Professor Douglas Osheroff, the 1996 Physics Nobel Laureate, and Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University, is giving two lectures on superfluidity in the isotope helium-3 at absolute zero, 9 July 2005 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA). This is within ...

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