In The Big Move, you learned about the journey of a collection of rare books as they traveled from the Florida home of a collector to the stacks of the Niels Bohr Library & Archives. But what exactly is this collection? How did we get here, and what does this collection mean to the NBL&A?

In celebration of Banned Books Week (9/23-9/29) I’m going to be discussing one of the most infamous challenges to scientific information in history: Galileo’s book Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo) and his eventual trial for heresy the Catholic Church.

Everyone loves moving day, right? It’s a calm quiet time to reflect on the memories of the past, all the plans you made and remade, the excitement of the future, and what opportunities lie ahead! Moving day is never chaotic or confusing and the weather always cooperates.