Serbia celebrates science and marks Tesla's birthday

Source: Tanjug

BELGRADE -- The birthday of scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla, July 10, is marked as Science Day in Serbia.

Numerous events are organized in order to draw attention to the significance of inventions of the great scientist, and show the young generations that interest in science can be beneficial, said announcements from organizers.

Tesla was a Serb, born in the region of Austria-Hungary that is today Croatia.

He built his career in the United States.

The Center for Promotion of Science will organize an Evening with the Starts at the Kolarac Endowment in Belgrade, where astrophysicist Goran Pavičić will hold a presentation about space.

A mobile planetarium will also be set at the Kolarac Endowment, which can receive about 20 visitors at once, and each presentation will last about 20 minutes.

At the same time, an exhibition dubbed De Revolutionibus will be held, which traces the history of science back to 1,500 - the year of the beginning of the scientific revolution.

The aim of the Center for Promotion of Science is to bring science closer to the audience, the center said in a statement.

The Serbian government decided in August 2010 to declare Tesla's birthday, July 10, as Science Day in Serbia.

The next step in the promotion of the day will be the launching of an initiative before the UN that the birthday of Nikola Tesla, one of the world's greatest scientists of all time, be declared as International Science Day.