Maria Sibylla Merian: A Passion for Plants and InsectsThe artist and scientist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was born in Frankfurt, Germany, into a middle-class family of publishers and artists. At the age of fifty-two, Merian traveled with her younger daughter to Suriname, a Dutch territory in South America, to paint its exotic insects. She was an adventurous woman ...
Speaker: William Ruh, Global Software Center, General Electric
Where: San JoseCost:
Environmental Behavior and Environmental Learning: Researching Individuals and Communities Working Toward SustainabilityIn light of today's pressing environmental issues, the need to engage individuals and communities in positive environmental behaviors is more critical than ever. Yet questions persist around how best to motivate environmental behavior, both individually and collectively. Through mixed-methods studies at a range of geographical scales, Woods Center Fellow Nicole Ardoin (Education) and her ...
Lara Kueppers is a Research Scientist in the Carbon & Climate Sciences Program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her research expertise is in the areas of climate-ecosystem feedbacks, ecological impacts of climate change, land-cover/ land-use change, regional climate modeling, model-experiment integration, and species effects on ecosystem function. Dr. Kueppers uses field ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
New Developments in mm-Wave and THz; Markets, Technologies, and MeasurementsThis presentation will describe the latest trends involving mm-Wave and THz frequency ranges. A brief survey of the market dynamics driving moves to higher frequencies will be discussed. This will be followed by a survey of some of the technologies being deployed. The talk will conclude with some discussion of ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
ASTRONOMICAL TOURISM AND SOLAR ECLIPSE CHASINGSolar eclipses have been observed by humans for thousands of years and have been recorded in the archives of the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, and Chinese going back 4,000 to 4,500 years. Precise predictions of their occurrences in space and time only date from the 19th Century when the dimensions and ...
Is the night the time when creatures go bump, our brains whirr, or when beautiful music is made? It's all these and more, so join us to explore the night-see and better understand what lurks there in the dark.Buying tickets in advance is strongly recommended; door sales are limited. Tickets for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San FranciscoCafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet at Café Borrone http://www.cafeborrone.com/ next to Kepler's Books. Look for CFI t-shirts.For more information or if you have questions please email sf@centerforinquiry.net ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Show Off NightlifeDon't be shy-show off! This week, NightLife invites you to step up and show us what you've got.Learn how to deliver standing ovation-worthy presentations with the help of storytelling experts from Speechless in African Hall. You'll never get tongue-tied again!Then, stick around for a battle of the brains (over beers, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Clinical Trials for Gynecologic CancersThis talk will focus on the role clinical trials play in the treatment of gynecologic cancers.Speaker: Oliver Dorigo, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Oncology) at Stanford University Medical Center
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Greening Our InvestmentsOur investment choices can have a broad impact socially and environmentally. Financial Advisor Toby Cooper will explore the origins, development, and benefits of "socially responsible" (aka, sustainable, ethical, or green) investing, including a nod to 18th Century Quakers, Dr. Martin Luther King, and anti-war activists of the Vietnam war era. ...
