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2010′s dialogues, Sagan Prize, and website polish

Sep 22, 2010   //   by admin   //   Uncategorized  //  1 Comment

Dear Wonderfest friend,

All the big ducks are in a row.  Wonderfest’s six signature dialogues have been confirmed and scheduled for 2010.  In previous newsletters, you learned about three dialogue titles and speaker pairs.  I am mighty happy to announce the remaining three:

Is Mathematics More Art than Science?
Keith Devlin, H-STAR Institute Executive Director, Stanford
Alejandro Garcia, Professor of Physics, San Jose State

How Did Evolution Shape Human Behavior?
David DeGusta, Research Paleontologist, Paleoanthropology Institute
Henry Gilbert, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, CSU East Bay

Do We Understand the Structure of the Universe?
Lloyd Knox, Professor of Physics, UC Davis
Chung-Pei Ma, Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley
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