[AZ-Observing] Fw: Paul Davies; BEYOND Ctr Lecture - FEB 21, 7:30 pm
- From: "Jennifer Polakis" <m24@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:49:00 -0700
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Jennifer, this should be a fun lecture for your membership. Could you =
circulate for us?
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Paul
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Dr. Paul Davies
Director
Beyond: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-6505
Websites:
Beyond Center: http://beyond.asu.edu/
Paul Davies: http://cosmos.asu.edu/
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THE BEYOND CENTER=20
IS PLEASED TO PRESENT
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The 2008 Eugene Shoemaker Memorial Award Recipient Walter Alvarez=20
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"Scientific revolutions that shaped history: From the Portuguese =
explorers to Gene Shoemaker and the planets."=20
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Thursday February 21, 2008, 7:30 P.M. =20
Armstrong Hall, ASU Tempe Campus
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C.A.R.T. Services Provided=20
(Communication Access Realtime Translation)
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The lecture is free and open to the public, but reservations are =
required. Visit: http://beyondcenter.asu.edu/register
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Walter Alvarez is Professor of Geology at UC Berkeley, known for the =
widely-accepted theory that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a comet =
impact 65 million years ago. Alvarez has also worked extensively on =
plate tectonics and geomagnetic reversals, doing research in the =
Mediterranean, North Africa, Central Asia and South America. He has a =
passion for "Big History," the emerging interdisciplinary field that =
aims to tie everything in our planet's past, from its cosmic ancestry, =
through geological evolution, to the pageant of human societies. Alvarez =
is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and an honorary citizen =
of two Italian towns. He will deliver his lecture as recipient of the =
2008 Eugene Shoemaker Memorial Award.
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Eugene Shoemaker was a pioneer of the science of cosmic impacts. He did =
extensive work at Meteor Crater in northern Arizona, and helped train =
lunar astronauts. He served terms as Chief Scientist at the US =
Geological Survey's Center of Astrogeology near Flagstaff, and as =
Professor of Geology at Caltech. Together with his wife and collaborator =
Carolyn Shoemaker, Gene scoured the skies for asteroids, and toured the =
Earth for concealed impact craters. It was on one such trip, to =
Australia in 1997, that he was tragically killed. In a unique gesture, =
NASA sent Gene's ashes to the moon. The annual Shoemaker Lecture honors =
the memory of this far-sighted and much-loved scientist.
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Please mark your calendar another BEYOND EVENT:
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Thursday, March 6, 7:30 pm. Dr. Richard Dawkins from Oxford University =
will present: The God Delusion, based on his controversial, best selling =
book of the same name. "The God Delusion" has sold more than a million =
copies in hardback alone, and attracted worldwide attention. The lecture =
will outline Richard Dawkins' religion-free world-view.=20
Visit our website for further details: beyond.asu.edu
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Wednesday, April 9, 4.40 pm. Australian environmentalist, Dr Tim =
Flannery. He'll be talking about his best-selling book, The Weather =
Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on =
Earth. Tim Flannery is a terrific communicator and the event is sure to =
be provocative and stimulating.=20
The event is sponsored by: The Wrigley Lecture Series On Sustainability, =
co-Hosted by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The BEYOND =
Center, and Barrett, The honors College
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Kathy Stinchfield
Program Coordinator, Sr.
BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-6505
PH: 480-965-7988; FAX: 480-727-6700
Websites:
BEYOND: http://beyond.asu.edu/
Paul Davies: http://cosmos.asu.edu
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