Dr. Neil Farber is a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, docent, and docent training coordinator for the San Diego Air and Space Museum. He will be speaking at the Solana Beach Library on March 19 about the history of solar eclipses, how they occur, the different types, and what they are like. He will also advise how to safely observe the sun in a presentation called “Eclipses: Miracles of the Solar System.”
This presentation will take place on Tuesday evening, March 19, at 6 p.m. in the Solana Beach Library, at 157 Stevens Avenue. It is hosted by Friends of the Solana Beach Library.
Farber is a retired academic internal medicine physician. He obtained his undergraduate degree cum laude in biology at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster Penn., in 1972, and was Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to get his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1976. He then completed a residency in internal medicine at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.
Farber practiced medicine for 40 years. His academic interests are in education and teaching. He has received numerous awards, including “Top Doctor of San Diego” five times. He has published over 60 research papers, and has recently published a book.
Join the event and learn about these marvelous mysteries of the universe.