Nenaghs world leading scientists commemorated in home town

Nenagh born John Desmond Bernal (pictured) was one of the world's greatest scientists. The late Professor Bernal will be commemorated in his home town during Science Week next Tuesday, November 11, when  Professor Paul Barnes from the Birkbeck University of London gives a talk in the local Arts Centre on 'Bernal: The Man, his Science – Crystallography and His Legacy'.

Admission to the 8pm talk is free. Professor Barnes (left) will look at the man Bernal and descripe, in layman's language, the scientific mood during his career. This will include the field of Crystallography, and Bernal's key role in its development.