BUMP: Paul Halpern on Nov. 12 at the Pen and Pencil Club, 7pm

Join us November 12 at the Pen and Pencil Club, the nation’s oldest press club, for an evening with Paul Halpern, a physicist at the University of the Sciences and author of Collider: The Search for the World’s Smallest Particles.
He will be discussing how physicists have sought the most fundamental building blocks [...]

Science on Tap: Colin Purrington “Embracing Darwin” November 9, 6pm

[ November 9, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] I have to admit, Colin Purrington, Swarthmore prof and evolution activist, is one of my heroes. Check out his site, you’ll love it: http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/evolk12/evoops.htm

I really hope to make this particular cafe, even though I’ve seen him speak a bunch of times.

“Embracing Darwin”
Charles Darwin turned 200 in February, and his book On the Origin [...]

Bonus Science on Tap: November 2 at National Mechanics

[ November 2, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] The Chemical Heritage is trying to sneak in a “bonus” science cafe (which I hope doesn’t detract from Colin Purrington’s event on the ninth) with what promises to be a cool change of pace, a dramatic presentation by the Flashpoint Theater Company’s presentation of Boom.

Flashpoint Theatre Company
Noah Herman, director
Derick Loafmann, Melissa Lynch, [...]

Science on Tap: “No Family History: Investigating What’s Behind the Breast Cancer Epidemic” National Mechanics 10/12 6PM

It is the Chemical Heritage Foundation‘s turn again at picking a speaker for Science on Tap.
Appropriately enough for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, they chose Sabrina McCormick, a fellow at the American Academy for the Advancement of the Sciences, to talk about environmental causes of breast cancer.

“No Family History: Investigating What’s Behind the Breast [...]

November 12: Paul Halpern discusses his latest book, Collider: The Search for the World’s Smallest Particles

[ October 9, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Join us November 12 at the Pen and Pencil Club, the nation’s oldest press club, for an evening with Paul Halpern, a physicist at the University of the Sciences and author of Collider: The Search for the World’s Smallest Particles.

He will be discussing how physicists have sought the most fundamental building blocks [...]

Penn Science Cafe: Free Will and the Criminal Justice System Oct 14

[ October 14, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] Got Free Will?

Sure, you feel like a free-thinking organism, capable of making rational, conscious decisions but are you really?

According to Anthony Cashmore, maybe you should reconsider your stance somewhat. Cashmore hosts the Penn Science Cafe this October 14th, 6pm at the White Dog.

RSVP with Jordan Reese, jreese@upenn.edu or 215-573-6604.

Anthony Cashmore
Free Will and [...]

Astrology as a Political Ideology in the Reagan Administration Holy Roman Empire. Oct 2, 4pm

[ October 2, 2009; 4:00 pm; ] On Oct 2, Darin Hayton, history of science prof at Haverford College, will be presenting a symposium at the Ewell Sale Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences about astrology as a political ideology. It is part of a colloquium series held by the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science, and is not, [...]