01-07-20 Prof John Allan Paulos - A Numerate Life
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01/07/20
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Rob Lerner:
News, articles
Presentation
Prof John Allen Paulos
Website is to be found here: http://johnallenpaulos.com
Terra Mizwa:
News, articles
Stephen Goodfellow
News, articles
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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: Rob Lerner's links
SCIENCE PHOTOS OF 2019
https://vis.sciencemag.org/photosof2019/
2019’s Breakthrough of the Year
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/video-2019-s-breakthrough-year-and-runners
The Ganges Brims With Dangerous Bacteria
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/health/ganges-drug-resistant-bacteria.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Crisis Looms in Antibiotics as Drug Makers Go Bankrupt
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/25/health/antibiotics-new-resistance.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Phage Therapy Could Beat Drug-Resistant Illnesses
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/phage-therapy-could-beat-drug-resistant-illnesses/
The Democracy Rebellion: Videos on People Power
http://reclaimtheamericandream.org/the-democracy-rebellion/
Mysterious monarch migrations may be triggered by the angle of the Sun
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/mysterious-monarch-migrations-may-be-triggered-angle-sun
How to solve climate change and make life more awesome
https://www.vox.com/podcasts/2019/12/16/21024323/ezra-klein-show-saul-griffith-solve-climate-change
20 METATRENDS FOR THE ROARING 20S
Martin Rees: We will become a new species by expanding beyond Earth
Links from last event
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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