[Sci-tech-public] Knight Science Journalism at MIT - November seminars

[Eric Strattman]

This week:

Thursday, November 8 - 4:30pm - 
Knight Science Journalism at MIT seminar room, E19-623, MIT Campus, 400 Main St., Cambridge, MA
1493 
Charles C. Mann, Journalist 

More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together - and marked the beginning of an extraordinary exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia and the Americas.

This global ecological tumult - the "Columbian Exchange" - was the greatest event in the history of life since the death of the dinosaurs. At the same time, it played an enormous role in human history, fostering the rise of Europe, devastating imperial China, convulsing Africa, and transforming the Americas. The Columbian Exchange began our era of globalization, and its effects continue today.


Later this month: 

Tuesday, November 13 - 4:30pm - 
Knight Science Journalism at MIT seminar room, E19-623, MIT Campus, 400 Main St., Cambridge, MA
Some New Insights from the Brains of the Blind
Rebecca Saxe - Associate Professor - MIT


Thursday, November 15 - 4:30pm - 
Knight Science Journalism at MIT seminar room, E19-623, MIT Campus, 400 Main St., Cambridge, MA
From Darwin to DNA
Hopi Hoekstra - Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology - Harvard


Tuesday, November 20 - 4:30pm - 
Knight Science Journalism at MIT seminar room, E19-623, MIT Campus, 400 Main St., Cambridge, MA
Laura Schulz - Class of 1943 Career Dev Associate Professor - MIT


Tuesday, November 27 - 4:30pm - 
Knight Science Journalism at MIT seminar room, E19-623, MIT Campus, 400 Main St., Cambridge, MA
CRISES AND TECHNOCRACY Why Engineers are Being Elected African Presidents
Calestous Juma - Harvard Kennedy School


Thursday, November 29 - 4:30pm - 
Knight Science Journalism at MIT seminar room, E19-623, MIT Campus, 400 Main St., Cambridge, MA
Population mixture in human history
David Reich - Department of Genetics Harvard Medical School

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