Dent:SpaceScientists, makers, entrepreneurs, thinkers. Talented people of all backgrounds are pushing us farther, and Dent:Space brings them together. It's time to make our ambitions a reality. Look up, let's go.Speakers include:Mary Roach, Author; "Packing for Mars"Seth Shostak, SETI; Searching for ETSimone Giertz, Queen of Shitty RobotsCamille Eddy, Mechanical Engineering Student; ...
Susan Ustin is a Professor of Environmental and Resource Science and Director of the Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) at UC Davis. She works with imaging spectroscopy and other remote sensing systems at a variety of scales ,from leaf level to global. Among other studies, she has included mapping vegetation distribution and ...
Speaker: Molly Joel Coye, Network for Excellence in Health Innovation
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Spatial Data Science and the 21st Century Mapping ToolkitThe past decade has been one of astonishing innovation in the world of spatial data, analysis and visualization. I’m going to talk about all the amazing and fun technology that you can work with. My group focuses on mapping for a California, and we use blends of very modern tools with historical and contemporary ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Life Under the SeaHear how two men became aquanauts and find out what its like to live under the sea. Aquanauts Ed Clifton and Kip Evans will discuss the challenges, biomedical and marine life studies, dangers, and funny moments from undersea life.Speakers: Ed Clifton and Kip Evans
As the world's population increasingly concentrates in cities, what is the future of urban life? Taking a look back at ancient civilizations and a look forward at climate-disrupted cities, primarily along coastlines, this conversation will contemplate how people will live in the Bay Area and beyond in coming decades. We ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Alison Gopnik is one of the world's leading child psychologists, and author of several bestselling and critically-acclaimed books that take us into the minds of babies and children. In her latest thought-provoking book, The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $28 - $38 General, -10% members
Myths of AstronomyMarin Science SeminarSpeaker: Thomas Targett, Sonoma State Univ.
