Pinhead Town Talks
Pinhead science isn’t just for kids. We’ve teamed up with the Telluride Science Research Center (TSRC) to bring science-based presentations to the general public.
The Pinhead Town Talk lecture series are FREE to the public & take place Tuesday evenings from July 6 - August 3 from 6:00 - 7:15 PM.
NEW LOCATION AT THE PALM THEATER IN THE TOWN OF TELLURIDE!
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 8th season of this acclaimed series:
2010 SUMMER SCHEDULE
Tuesday, July 6, 6:00 - 7:15pm, Palm Theater
"The Decline of Human Health and the Rise of Civilization:
A surprising relationship"
By Mark Cohen, SUNY University Distiinguished Professor of Anthropology
Tuesday, July 13, 6:00 - 7:15pm, Palm Theater
"Coca versus Cocaine:
How an ancient medicinal plant became a modern narcotic drug"
By Carol Conzelman, PhD Cultural Anthropology, University of Colorado and University of Denver Visiting Lecturer
FIRST OF A TWO-PART PROGRAM ON SOLAR FUELS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY:
Capture and Production
Tuesday, July 20, 6:00 - 7:15pm, Palm Theater
"Following Nature's Blueprint: Mimicking photosynthesis to fuel the planet"
By Victor Batista, Yale University Professor of Chemistry, Director of Yale Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry, and member of the Yale Climate and Energy Institute
SECOND OF A TWO-PART PROGRAM ON ON SOLAR FUELS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: Storage and Delivery
Tuesday, July 27, 6:00 - 7:15pm, Palm Theater
"Fuels from Sunlight: Storing solar energy to meet global energy needs"
By Michael R. Wasielewski, Northwestern University "Clare Hamilton Hall Professor of Chemistry" and Director of the Argonne-Northwestern Energy Research Center, and the 2010 R. Stephen Berry Lecturer
Tuesday, August 3, 6:00 - 7:15pm, Palm Theater
"Wine, Chocolate, and DNA: The chemistry of free-radicals and antioxidants"
By Cynthia Burrows, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at University of Utah