TALLAHASSEE, FL - Leon County is holding it's Library Lecture Series at Leroy Collins Library.
Giving the first lecture in the series is Dr. Greg Boebinger, Professor of Physics and Director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, and a world leader in the study of high magnetic fields will give the first lecture of the series.
Debra Sears, Library Services Manager and Olivia Smith, Public Information Specialist joined us on Sunrise to talked about the upcoming lecture at the Leroy Collins Library.
The lecture is being held Monday, April 3rd.
It begins at 7 p.m. and you can sit in on the lecture for FREE.
Here's what you can expect: The lecture is titled "Materials, Energy, and Life: Entertaining Aspects of High Magnetic Research", Dr. Boebinger will give examples of research being conducted and demonstrate levitation using high-temperature superconductors.
Scientists from all over the world visit The MagLab to experiment using magnetic fields more than two million times stronger than earth's own magnetic field.
The MagLab is home to dozens of magnets; many of them one-of-a-kind instruments or world-record holders, as well as other types of tools that make our cutting-edge science possible.
