Earle Havens may be Johns Hopkins University’s best kept secret. Havens, the curator of rare books at the Sheridan Libraries, will guide you on a fascinating journey through the history of science, with narration and illustration from the newly acquired Hinkes Collection of 250 rare books. Havens will enlighten the audience on the collection’s impact on science at large and on teaching and... [read more]

Earle Havens may be Johns Hopkins University’s best kept secret. Havens, the curator of rare books at the Sheridan Libraries, will guide you on a fascinating journey through the history of science, with narration and illustration from the newly acquired Hinkes Collection of 250 rare books. Havens will enlighten the audience on the collection’s impact on science at large and on teaching and learning at Johns Hopkins.

Following the presentation, enjoy a light dessert reception and a self-guided tour of the library and the magnificent grounds and gardens at the Huntington. You can come for the presentation and stay all afternoon if you'd like. Families welcome!

PLEASE RSVP at http://alumni.jhu.edu/event/pagehistory, by calling 800-JHU-JHU1 (548-5481), or via email to alumevents@jhu.edu as this event includes food and admission price. RSVP's on this Facebook event DO NOT GUARANTEE YOU ADMISSION.

$20 for Alumni and guests
Tickets are limited.

Havens is currently curating the Hinkes Collection, donated last year by a devoted alumnus. The collection will not be at the event, but Havens will show photographs and describe the collection, whose highlights include:
• A unique second edition of Copenicus’ treatise on the heliocentric theory of the galaxy, completely unbound and unsewn, as issued from the printer in 1566; no other such copies are recorded.
• A first edition of Galileo’s illustrated treatise on the discovery of sunspots (1613).
• A first edition of Sir Isaac Newton’s monumental treatise on gravitation, the Principia (1687).
• The first printed description of Uranus, the first planet to be discovered since classical antiquity (1781).
• The first appearance in print of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, in a rare paper printed by the Linnaean Society (1858).
• Twenty-seven rare offprints and first editions of the works of Albert Einstein, including the first printed formulation of E=mc2.
• Original copies of the three 1953 articles by Watson and Crick outlining the nature of DNA.