The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir. Author Marina von Neumann Whitman in conversation with John HollarOne of the five Hungarian scientific geniuses dubbed "the Martians" by their colleagues, John von Neumann is often hailed as the greatest mathematician of the twentieth century and even as the greatest scientist after Einstein. He was a key figure in the Manhattan Project; the inventor of game theory; the ...
Humans have fundamentally changed how energy flows through the global ecosystem, with consequences for ourselves and for other species. The consequence for ourselves is that we are locked into having to produce enormous amounts of energy if we want to sustain the current human population, leave alone keeping up with ...
'Breaking Trail: Mountains and Molecules'Arlene Blum, author of Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life and Annapurna: A Woman's Place will share dramatic photos and stories from her historic mountaineering expeditions as well as her work with the Green Science Policy Institute protecting our health and environment from toxic chemicals in consumer products.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Legendary SETI Astronomer, Jill Tarter: Breaking Cosmic BoundariesMeet Carl Sagan's inspiration for the novel and subsequent film Contact, Jill Tarter.For the last 35 years, Dr. Tarter and the SETI Institute have been using telescopes to systematically search for evidence of other technological civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy.RSVP here for this free event and join one of the most important astronomers ...
Let's get back to our ABCs this month. Justin Quimby opens our set with a talk on airships (and blimps and zeppelins and dirigibles and whatever other lighter-than-air aircraft you please). I'm sure that his mention of "metallurgy" in the abstract is not just to placate me. We're pleased to ...
