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Science CafÃ©: Fifty years since Sputnik

10-02-2007 · University of Bath

The world's first artificial satellite and the adventures of the Space Age will be discussed at the next Bath Science CafÃ©, which takes place in The Raven pub in Queen's Street next week (7.30pm, Monday 8 October 2007).

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