BURRELL MEMORIAL OBSERVATORY OPEN HOUSE LECTURE
"Seven Ideas": (a survey of the great ideas in science)
Dr. Donald Driscoll of Kent State University
Friday April 10, 2026, at 7:30 pm
Mainstage Theatre, Kleist Center for Art & Drama

The Burrell Observatory is proud to host an open house program as part of the Reinhold and Margaret Kader Memorial on Friday April 10, 2026, at 7:30 PM. Dr. Driscoll is Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the Ashtabula campus of Kent State University. He will present a lecture entitled "Seven Ideas": (a survey of the great ideas in science).” “Seven Ideas that Shook the Universe”, is the most popular course at Kent State University. This lecture will put each of these ideas into its historical context and explains how it came about. And assess each idea's impact on the way we think about time, space and matter.