Gilles Sabourin, author of Montreal and the Bomb, talks about famous physicists, forgotten women scientists, spies and more.
Before the famous Manhattan Project on the atomic bomb, a British project nicknamed Tube Alloys was started at Cambridge University, moving to Montreal in 1942. Gilles Sabourin’s award-winning book, Montreal and the Bomb, tells this surprising story of famous physicists, forgotten women scientists, spies and more. He will also present new findings on a subgroup of the Montreal Laboratory located at McMaster University.
Nuclear engineer Gilles Sabourin worked for 30+ years on the safety of CANDU nuclear power plants, including 25 years for Atomic Energy of Canada. He is a member of the ACS (Association des communicateurs scientifiques du Québec) and juries the Hubert-Reeves Prize for Communication in Science.
Presented by the Hamilton Association for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art.
The Westdale Branch was originally known as the Western Branch. The Branch opened in June 1957 and was renovated and expanded in 1998. The name was officially changed to Westdale in 1969. The Branch offers materials and programming for children, teens and adults.
The Westdale Branch also has the The Seed Library. The Seed Library is provided in partnership with the Hamilton Seed Library. Its lending process is very simple: visit the branch, pick the seeds that you would like to take and fill out the log sheet. There are no limits to how much you can take, all that is requested is that everyone respect that this is a community resource and that they only take a reasonable amount.
