Darwin Day: Heroes of Evolution
AuditoriumThis presentation has since taken place, you can view the film recording here Heroes of Evolution: Margulis and McClintock: The Women Who Broke Darwinian Theory This lecture will honor […]
Fire & Rain
Nikolai's PlanetariumThis presentation has since taken place, you can view the film recording here Fire and Rain “Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain I’ve seen sunny days that […]
Celestial Orbits, Part I
AuditoriumThis presentation has since taken place, you can view the film recording here Here I present the basic physics that underpins the orbits of celestial bodies. Starting from Newton's laws of motion and gravitation, and using many examples from everyday life, I elucidate fundamental concepts of mass and weight, true and fictitious forces, potential […]
Recent Developments in Medicine
AuditoriumThis presentation has since taken place, you can view the film recording here Painting: “De anatomische les van Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632 “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. […]