Town Talks
Want more science? The Telluride Science Research Center (TSRC) brings science-based presentations to the general public throughout the summer.
For questions regarding this series or any of the lectures below, please contact TSRC Executive Director, Nana Naisbitt, by phone at 970.708.0004 or via email at nana@telluridescience.org.
Here's what's coming up for the 9th season of this acclaimed series:
2011 TOWN TALK SUMMER SCHEDULE
Tuesday June 21st, 6:00 - 7:15 pm, Palm Theatre
"In the Footsteps of Shackleton: A natural history of Antarctic sea ice"
By Ted Maksym, British Antarctic Survey
Tuesday June 28th, 6:00 - 7:15 pm, Palm Theatre
"Directing Traffic on Tiny Highways: Strategies for emerging biomedical nano devices"
Sherwin Singer, Professor of Chemistry at Ohip State University
Tuesday July 5th, 6:00 - 7:15 pm, Palm Theatre
"The Physics of Synchrony: Heartbeats, wobbly bridges, and the God Particle"
By Peter Littlewood, Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge and University of Chicago, and Associate Laboratory Director of Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois
Tuesday July 12th, 6:00 - 7:15 pm, Palm Theatre
"The BP Oil Spill and Deepwater Drilling: Lessons from the Gulf"
By Sambhav N. Sankar, Deputy Chief Counsel, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, and Department of Justice Attorney, Environment and Natural Resources Division
Tuesday July 19th
NO TOWN TALK
Tuesday July 26th, 6:00 - 7:15 pm, Palm Theatre
"Green Chemistry . . . For Real"
By Eric J. Beckman, University of Pittsburgh George M. Bevier Professor of Engineering and Co-Director of the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, 2011 Stephen Berry Lecturer
Tuesday August 2, 6:00 - 7:15 pm, Palm Theatre
"The Evolution of Diversity"
By Paul Rainey, Professor of Evolutionary Genetics, New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study, Auckland & Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
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By Forest Rohwer, Professor of Biology at San Diego State University