(You normally shouldn't see this. Dang.) Cafe Scientifique Orlando is a gathering of scientifically-inclined people in Central Florida, who meet at a cafe, coffee house, pub, or nonacademic location to discuss events and ideas in the world of science. We enjoy beer and wine, and we use plain language to talk about extraordinary ideas.

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The Nature of Science

Presenter: 
Demeter, Derek
When: 
Wednesday, 7 January 2009 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Venue: 
Stardust
Where: 

Address:
1842 E Winter Park Rd.

City:
Orlando
,
Postal Code:
32803

Country:
United States

In the year 2009, we intend to follow monthly themes suggested by the Coalition on Public Understanding of Science. First up: About science itself.

Join Seminole Community College Planetarium Director Derek Demeter as we explore the evolution of science from the times of Ptolemy to the modern science we know today. We will begin our journey in ancient Greece, where the first scientists sought out observational truth about the natural world they lived in. We then venture into the Middle East during the middle ages, where experimental science began to develop. Following, we emerge to the time of Galileo where observation and experimentation takes its final form in what we now know as modern science. We end our journey in modern times to see what science has in store for the future.

Past Café Scientifique Events
Fast Food and Nutritional Perceptions 3 March, 2010 - 19:00
Rehabilitating Raptors 3 February, 2010 - 19:00
The National Children's-Health Study 6 January, 2010 - 19:00
High-Fructose Corn Syrup 2 December, 2009 - 19:00
Energy Issues 4 November, 2009 - 19:00
Building the Amazon 7 October, 2009 - 19:00
Evolution, Biodiversity and Conservation 2 September, 2009 - 19:00
Climate Change 5 August, 2009 - 19:00
Surface Water Improvement 3 June, 2009 - 19:00
Measuring Exoplanets from Space 6 May, 2009 - 19:00
Ethical Quandaries in Genetics 1 April, 2009 - 19:00
Physics of Saturn's Ring System 4 March, 2009 - 19:00
Evolution in School 4 February, 2009 - 19:00
The Nature of Science 7 January, 2009 - 19:00
The Neandertal Enigma 3 December, 2008 - 19:00
Tidal Modeling in the 21st Century 5 November, 2008 - 19:00
The War on Weeds 1 October, 2008 - 19:00
On Water Pollution 3 September, 2008 - 19:00
Evolutionary Antecedents of Obesity 6 August, 2008 - 19:00
Phoenix on the Red Planet 2 July, 2008 - 19:00

Topics We'd Love to See

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