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April 1, 2009 - Susan Jacoby
Susan Jacoby has written eight books, including her most recent, The Age of American Unreason.
She is also program director of the Center for Inquiry-New York City, a rationalist think tank with offices in Lower Manhattan.
7:00PM in room 001 Jennings Hall
Reception and book signing to follow.
She is also program director of the Center for Inquiry-New York City, a rationalist think tank with offices in Lower Manhattan.
7:00PM in room 001 Jennings Hall
Reception and book signing to follow.
April 8, 2009 - Honors House Darwin Fireside Chat
William I. Ausich, School of Earth Sciences will lead a discussion about Darwin and his work.
5:30PM at Kuhn Honors & Scholars House.
5:30PM at Kuhn Honors & Scholars House.
April 16, 2009-School of Earth Sciences John Adams Bownocker Lecture
This lecture is co-sponsored by Darwin Growth of an Idea.
Derek Briggs, Professor and Director the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University will present
two lectures as part of the School of Earth Sciences annual Bownocker Lecture Series.
Room 100 Mendenhall Laboratory
4:00PM "Burgess Shale-Type Fossils after the Cambrian?"
8:00PM "Extraordinary Fossils: Windows on the Evolution of Marine Life."
Derek Briggs, Professor and Director the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University will present
two lectures as part of the School of Earth Sciences annual Bownocker Lecture Series.
Room 100 Mendenhall Laboratory
4:00PM "Burgess Shale-Type Fossils after the Cambrian?"
8:00PM "Extraordinary Fossils: Windows on the Evolution of Marine Life."
May 4, 2009 *Rescheduled!* - Darwin Growth of an Idea Lecture Series
Edward Larson will present "Darwin and the Victorian Soul: Late 19th Century Responses to Darwin's Theory of Evolution."
Larson is the Hugh and Hazel Darling Chair in Law and is University Professor of History at Pepperdine University and recipient of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in History
for Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion.
Saxbe Auditorium (130 Drinko Hall).
Reception: 6:30PM
Lecture: 7:00PM
Larson is the Hugh and Hazel Darling Chair in Law and is University Professor of History at Pepperdine University and recipient of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in History
for Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion.
Saxbe Auditorium (130 Drinko Hall).
Reception: 6:30PM
Lecture: 7:00PM
News about the Year in Science 2009.
Rare Pink Iguana eluded Charles Darwin
When Charles Darwin explored the Galapagos Islands in the early 1800s he overlooked a hefty pink iguana.
The iguana is believed to be extremely rare.
Compiled by Mary W. Scott, Geology Librarian, Orton Memorial Library of Geology.
Maintained by Patti Dittoe, Geology Library Webmaster.
Created January 07, 2009/last updated March 31, 2009.