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2008-08 "Evolutionary Antecedents of Obesity"

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The Nature of Science

2 January, 2009 - 14:51 — chadmiller
Presenter: 
Demeter, Derek
When: 
Wednesday, 7 January 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Where: 
Stardust Video and Coffee
1842 E Winter Park Rd.
Orlando, United States
32803

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
"Phoenix on the Red Planet" 2 Jul 2008 19:00 - 20:30
"Evolutionary Antecedents of Obesity" 6 Aug 2008 19:00 - 20:30
"On Water Pollution" 3 Sep 2008 19:00 - 20:30
"The War on Weeds" 1 Oct 2008 19:00 - 20:30
"Tidal Modeling in the 21st Century" 5 Nov 2008 19:00 - 20:30
"The Neandertal Enigma: Our origins and closest evolutionary relatives" 3 Dec 2008 19:00 - 21:30

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