2008-2009 Lecture Series Line-up
Serving up Hot, Fresh, Local & Internationally Renowned Experts
Feed Your Brain with Music, Tantalizing Topics & More!
Sept. 26th, 2008 - Dr. Pamela Ronald
 Tomorrow’s Table*
Marrying Organically Grown & Genetically Modified
Food to Save a World with a Growing Appetite
Oct. 24th, 2008 - Randy Oliver
 Bewitching Bees!
Physiology & Morphology. Are our Precision Pollinators
at Risk? Hear from the Forefront of Natural Beekeeping
 Jan. 23rd, 2009 - Dr. William Murphy
Environmental Legacy of the Gold Rush
Human, Geologic & Chemical Consequences. What Lingers Today?
 Feb. 27th, 2009 - Dr. Paul Doherty
Lights in the Sky: Rainbows, Halos & UFOs!
Famed Exploratorium Teacher/Scientist is back! A Fun Wild Ride!
 Mar. 27th, 2009 - Joshua Cunningham
Hydrogen Economy in our Future?
Promise or Pipedream? Alternative Fuel Cars of the Future
Apr. 24th, 2009 - Dr. Arthur Shapiro
 ABC: Arthropods, Butterflies & Climate
Life and Times of these “Indicator Species.” Biological, Geological and Climatological Diversity of our Area - What They Tell Us!
Each lecture opens with music from folk, jazz, chamber to blues-
ends with Question & Answer and Raffle!
* Books Available for author signing
Simply Stunning! No other words adequately describe the upcoming season. Feed your brain with the discoveries and knowledge of these select, preeminent scientists and scholars. Leslie Warren, Executive Director of Placer Nature Center says
“This is an extraordinary opportunity for local people to listen to top scientist and authors in an intimate setting right at home. These lecturers are of caliber you’d think you’d have to travel to a major city to experience."
What is your brain hungry for?
We are most grateful to our 4th Friday Lecture Series sponsors:
PG & E, Auburn Journal, NEC Electronics America, Marion Friedman, Mackenroth and Laird Attnys., 49er Printing & Copying Service and Auburn Sentinel.
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