<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV><DIV style="text-align: left;"><B>The 29th Annual Victor Starr Lecture</B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: left;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="text-align: left;">Global Warming from an African Perspective</DIV><DIV style="text-align: left;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="text-align: left;">George Philander</DIV><DIV style="text-align: left;">Princeton University and</DIV><DIV style="text-align: left;">The University of Capetown, South Africa</DIV><DIV style="text-align: left;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="text-align: left;">Wednesday | October 10, 2007 | 4:00 pm</DIV><DIV style="text-align: left;">Wong Auditorium (E51-115)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Several times a day, every day of the year, where a winding road crosses the equator just north of Nairobi, Kenya, wealthy tourists join a poignant tribute to science, a demonstration of the magical Coriolisforce. It is a ritual to Africans, a scientific experiment to tourists, and a hoax to the scientists who express their outrage on the Web. All commit errors, the same mistakes plaguing discussions of global warming. Correcting them is a challenge, especially in South Africa, land of affluence and abject poverty.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>