Readings/Lectures/Showings
December 2006

NSWA Events Calendar

Please E-mail NSWA with suggested announcements.

Some events may require advance registration or admission fee. Check with the Sponsoring organizations for further details. Please send additions or corrections to deafrost atsign gmail dot com – and feel free to submit events for future calendars. Please put “NSWA-to be posted” in the subject line.

NSWA Holiday Party Page (with full details)

Thursday, December 7, 7:30 p.m.

Deck the halls with buckyballs. Come raise a glass of your favorite Holiday libation as NSWA celebrates another successful year. Spread some science cheer as we prepare to blast off into 2007.

Suite 410, 410 Stewart Street, Seattle, WA
$15 for members and $20 for non-members ($15 for guests of members) Pay at the door (too late to mail checks)
No-host bar. Food provided.
RSVP quickly as space is limited.

Questions or RSVP by e-mail: NSWA Program Chair Michael Bradbury at mikeb@seanet.com.
RSVP from Evite page           

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Links to the University of Washington’s events.

Monday, December 4, 7:30 p.m.:
Renowned physicist Freeman Dyson is also the author of numerous major works (Disturbing the Universe, Weapons and Hope, Infinite in All Directions, Origins of Life, and more) and an honored member of numerous special academies (American Physical Society, National Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of London). He visits with his newest book, The Scientist as Rebel. Admission is $5 at the door; downstairs at Town Hall Seattle.

http://www.townhallseattle.org

Tuesday, December 5, Noon- 1:00 p.m.:
Dr. Ellen Daniell, former assistant professor of molecular biology at the University of California, Berkeley,  will lead a brown bag seminar and discussion of her book Every Other Thursday: Strategies from Women Scientists in a Professional Problem Solving Group, sponsored by the Department of Medical History and Ethics and the Biomedical Research Integrity Program, UW School of Medicine. Almost 30 years ago, Dr. Daniell, the first woman in her department, joined a small bimonthly group of faculty, staff, and postdocs formed to reduce isolation and foster solutions to professional and other problems, including gender equity issues. Today she credits the seven-member "Group" of high-achieving women, several of whom are well-known scientists, for seeing her through several difficult transitions, including being denied tenure at Berkeley, establishing herself in another career in business, and retiring from that to be a writer and enjoy her own interests. University of Washington (UW), South Campus Center, Crow’s Nest (Room 354).
www.fosep.org

Tuesday, December 5, 1:00 – 1:30 p.m.:
Leonardo and his world come to life in this live theater presentation at the Museum of Flight’s William M. Allen Theater. In this special event, Leonardo’s apprentices present: “A Picture of the World” as they teach the audience about Leonardo’s masterful works of art. Presentation is free with Museum admissions. Multiple days, different time; check the events calendar.
http://www.museumofflight.org

Tuesday, December 5, 7:30 p.m.:
Award-winning New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert returns to discuss Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. The event is at Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, located on 3^rd Avenue between Union and University. Presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures and the North Cascades Institute.
For tickets and information, please call (206) 621-2230 or see http://www.lectures.org.

Wednesday, December 6, 7:15 a.m.:
Dr. Leonard K. Peters, Director, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Senior Vice President of Battelle, is the featured speaker for this day’s “Leaders to Legends” Dean’s Breakfast Lecture Series 2006. Dr. Peters has a distinguished career as a researcher in atmospheric chemistry, and he is a member of the Air and Waste Management Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Association for Aerosol Research, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education, and Sigma XI. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for Washington State University’s College of Engineering and Architecture, is a board member of the Washington Technology Alliance, Washington Roundtable and Washington State University Research Foundation. A continental breakfast is served at 7:15 a.m., Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, UW Campus.  The presentation is from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. and will conclude with a Q&A period. The cost per lecture, including breakfast and parking, is $17/person or $13/UWAlumni Association member. An RSVP is requested. Please call Corinne Goellnitz in the Office of the Dean at 206-221-5749 or goell@u.washington.edu. You may pre-pay or pay at the door by check, credit card, or cash.
http://bschool.washington.edu/corp/breakfast_series/index.shtml

Wednesday, December 6, 7:30 p.m.:
Dead Sea Scrolls: Holy Spirit and the New Testament
Pacific Science Center hosts an exhibition featuring the Dead Sea Scrolls from September 23-January 7. A distinguished lecture series presented by Pacific Science Center at Town Hall explores the context and science of this exhibition. John R. Levison, Professor of the New Testament, Seattle Pacific University gives a lecture entitled “The Holy Spirit in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament.” Tickets are $15. Visit the Center’s web site for tickets and more information. Tickets also available at Pacific Science Center ticket booths.

http://www.pacsci.org/

Thursday, December 7, 8:00 a.m.:
Join a breakfast tour of PATH with PATH’s president, Dr. Chris Elias. The tour includes their product development shop and an opportunity to learn more about PATH’s role in improving global health. PATH, 1455 NW Leary Way, Seattle (Parking lot and main entrance are on NW Ballard Way). Space is limited, so please let us know by December 1st, if you’d like to attend: 206.788.2472 or events@path.org.

Thursday, December 7 at 6:30 p.m.:
Geologist Bruce Bjornstad, senior research scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and member of the Ice Age Floods Institute, brings extensive knowledge about the region’s landforms and how they were created to an exuberant guide for hikers and explorers. On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods: A Geological Field Guide to the Mid-Columbia Basin includes historical information, maps, hiking, biking, and driving guides, and more, for seekers of coulees and ice-rafted erratics. The reading and book signing at Elliott Bay Book Company will be immediately followed by a free public reception and viewing of the “Ice Age Floods: A Story Waiting to Be Told” exhibit at the National Parks Conservation Association, across the street from Elliott Bay at 313-A 1st Avenue South.
For more information, please see http://www.npca.org or www.elliottbaybook.com.

Friday, December 8, 2006, 7:30 – 9:00 a.m.:
The Technology-Alliance Science & Technology Discovery [breakfast] Series presents Dr. John Bransford, Professor of Education, University of Washington, on the topic “How people learn and the LIFE Center at the University of Washington.” The Rainier Club, Seattle. The 2006-07 individual membership is $300 for the 10-breakfast program season.
http://www.technology-alliance.com/strt/strt.html

Friday, December 8, 2006, 7:30 – 9:00 a.m.:
The Technology-Alliance Spokane Science & Technology Discovery Series presents Dr. Leroy Hood, Founder and President, Institute for Systems Biology at the Spokane Athletic Club. The talk is titled “Emerging systems technologies in predictive, personalized and preventive medicine.” The 2006-07 individual membership rate is $300 for the 10-breakfast program season.
http://www.technology-alliance.com/strt/spokane.html

Friday, December 8, 7:00 p.m.:
Three science fiction authors stop by the University District Book Store to read from and sign their latest books. Brandon Sanderson, L.E. Modesitt, Dave Farland Mistborn: The Final Empire, Soarer’s Choice: The Sixth Book of the Corean Chronicles, and Sons of the Oak. They concern, in order: 1) a mist-haunted world rife with metallurgically-gained super powers and societal revolt against oppression, 2) the thunderous conclusion of a fantasy series wherein humans and aliens fight for the fate of their planet, and 3) another final chapter, this one a fantasy in which a revolution against a supernatural race of powerful immortal beings sees a possible shift in the balance of power when one of the revolutionaries is revealed to be an immortal himself. University Book Store, University District.
http://www.bookstore.washington.edu/

Saturday, December 9, 2:00 p.m.:
Every MP in the United Kingdom has been sent a copy of Robert Henson’s recently published book, The Rough Guide to Climate Change and asked to respond to it in The Independent. This book provides a complete overview of global warming and its effects, including information about the evolution of the atmosphere, visible symptoms of global warming, the role of the oil industry, review of media coverage, ongoing government intervention, perspective, views of skeptics, and much more. Also the author of The Rough Guide to Weather, Bob Henson is presently with the National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
www.elliottbaybook.com

Wednesday, December 13, 5:30 p.m.:
Seattle-rooted award-winning New York Times journalist and author Tim Egan begins the book tour with his latest work, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, with a reading at Elliott Bay. This work received the National Book Award, a Washington State Book Award, and glowing reviews and readerly enthusiasm everywhere. Free admission is on a first-come, first-serve basis. At Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue. Co-presented by the Elliott Bay Book Company and the Washington Center for the Book. For more information, see www.spl.org or www.elliottbaybook.com.

December 13, 6:30 p.m.:
The Seattle Association for Women in Science presents “Why Washington State Has Highest Incidence Rate of Breast Cancer in Women,” featuring speaker Lynn Hagerman, Executive Director, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Puget Sound. The Association for Women in Science chapter meetings are held in the First Floor Auditorium, UW South Lake Union Building at 815 Mercer St., Seattle. Networking begins at 6:30 p.m.; program begins at 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, December 13, 7:30 p.m.:
Dead Sea Scrolls: Archaeology of Qumran
Pacific Science Center hosts an exhibition featuring the Dead Sea Scrolls from September 23-January 7. A distinguished lecture series presented by Pacific Science Center at Town Hall explores the context and science of this exhibition. Jodi Magness, Professor of Early Judaism at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill talks about “The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Tickets are $15. Visit www.pacificsciencecenter.org for tickets and more information. Tickets also available at Pacific Science Center ticket booths.
http://www.pacsci.org/

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