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Science Speaker Series
“Science Everyone Can Understand”
Timely Scientific Ideas Presented By Experts Who Can Explain Them Clearly
Intended for the general public and high school students
Location: Baxter Healthcare Corp., 1 Baxter Way, Westlake Village
Time: Tuesday or Thursday Evenings 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Purchase tickets below
Download the Science Speaker Series flier (pdf format)
To be put on the mailing list, send a request to: mail@ScienceSpeakerSeries.org
Photo by Rebecca Faez
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2011-2012 Season
Tomorrow's Scientists
Elizabeth Garfinkle - Alta Vista High School
Jessica Sanford - San Roche School
Meet a young scientist who is getting an early start on making new discoveries.
And developing a new science education curriculum.
Tuesday, 11 Oct 2011, 7:30 pm
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Bio-Geography and Bio-Diversity
Dr. Thomas Gillespie - UCLA
Using amazing new geographic data and powerful computers, we can now ask:
Where can endangered species be living?
Where might a fugitive terrorist be hiding?
Are you standing in your back yard now?
Thursday, 10 Nov 2011, 7:30 pm
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Diet and Health: what can evolution teach us?
Dr. Bruce German - Director, Foods for Health Institute, UC Davis
How have our nutritional needs been shaped by our evolutionary history?
Thursday, 9 Feb 2012, 7:30 pm
Read the Press Release (pdf format)
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Breast Cancer: Assume That Most of What You Have Learned is Wrong!
Dr. Susan Love - The Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation
How big shifts in scientific understanding happen,
and the advantage of being an outsider when doing scientific research.
Thursday, 8 Mar 2012, 7:30 pm
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Using Science to Discover and Preserve Cultural Heritage
Giacomo Chiari - Chief Scientist, Getty Conservation Institute
Discover what's inside mummies, underneath paintings and in the Sistine Chapel,
using unique measurement instruments and new preservation techniques.
Thursday, 12 Apr 2012, 7:30 pm
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All tickets are Will Call at the door. - - We don't mail out tickets before the lecture.
Any ticket is good for any lecture.
Single ticket - Adult - Any lecture - $15
Series ticket - Adult - 3 lectures - $35 (Save $10)
Single ticket - Teacher, Student, Senior(62+) - $10
Series ticket - Teacher, Student, Senior(62+) - 3 lectures - $25 (Save $5)
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