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From University News Vol 8, No 22, page 11:

Supernova

Text:  "Several hundred people took the opportunity to learn about Supernova by attending the official launching of the science and technology centre in the Great Hall on November 30.  Many endorsed the project by presenting cheques. 

A display of electronic equipment, maps, photographs and experiments gave the visitors an insight into Supernova's potential as a place where children can learn scientific and technological principles.

 Our photograph by The Newcastle Herald shows Dr John O'Connor, of the Department of Physics, with one of the exhibits, a cathode ray oscilloscope, demonstrating the pattern created on the screen by two audio signals each of a different frequency."

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