11-26-19 L Dworsky-Thermodynamics R Lerner-Next Stop Mars
11/26/19
Welcome to SciTechNature get-togethers
|Intros | News | Presentations|
Terra Mizwa:
News articles,
Larry Dworsky
Presentation
"Introduction to Energy, Heat and Thermodynamics"
Rob Lerner:
Presentation
"Next stop, Mars"
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Location & Time: Tuesdays, 11:30am to 1:30pm
Quinta Loreto Hotel, Cjon. de Loreto 15, Centro, Zona Centro, 37700 San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
From Cjon. de Loreto, enter the Mercado de Artisanias alley (East, going up-hill) about twenty yards and turn to your left into the Hotel Quinta Loreto compound.
The community center is on the Southeast side of the little central park. If you are coming by car, there is a parking lot within the compound.
(The community center is in the same location as the Philosophical get-together which is held on Fridays.)
A 50 pesos donation is suggested.
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Links from this week: Terra Mizwa's links:
AI can predict if you'll die soon – but we've no idea how it works
It pays to play it cool in online dating
Science Advances,
Rob Lerner's links:
The Future of Food, i3 presentation by Prof. Pam Ronald
https://i3sma.org/pamela-ronald-future-of-food-december-12-2019/
Packing for Mars, by Mary Roach
http://www.maryroach.net/packing-for-mars.html
Photos Show Evidence of Life on Mars (Really?)
Oxygen on Mars Adds to Atmospheric Mysteries
Deep-sea microbe could answer one of evolution's biggest mysteries
Take These Drugs to Get to Mars
https://neo.life/2018/11/take-these-drugs-to-get-to-mars/
Links from last week
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SMA Lifelong learning program
http://instituto-allende.edu.mx/en/lifelong-learning-program/
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...Because the acquisition of clean water in our town is not only a science, but a necessity, especially in the San Miguel de Allende area:
SMA Rotary Club rests upon a foundation of compassion and science, so it too gets a heads up from SciTechNature.
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Best,
Stephen Goodfellow