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Lectures & Public Events

Wonderfest-Festival of Science 2009

November 7, 2009 - 8

SATURDAY NOV. 7 AT HEWLETT TEACHING CENTER AT STANFORD

Does Media Violence Inspire Real Violence? Albert Bandura, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University Stanley Baran, Professor of Communication, Bryant University

Does Moore’s Law Apply to Energy Technology? Chris Chidsey, Associate Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Stanford Cyrus Wadia, Co-Director, Clean Tech to Market, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

Is Evolution Still Darwinian? (Panel discussion) Tony Barnosky, Professor of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley Robert Drewes, Curator, California Academy of Sciences Elizabeth Hadly, Associate Professor of Biology, Stanford Kevin Padian (moderator), Professor of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley

SUNDAY, NOV. 8 AT UC BERKELEY STANLEY HALL

Can We Create Life? Carlos Bustamante, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley John Kuriyan, Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley

Does Darwin Illuminate Emotion & Spirituality? Paul Ekman, Professor of Psychology, UC San Francisco Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley

Do Robots Make Better Astronauts? Chris McKay, Planetary Scientist, NASA-Ames Research Center Kanna Rajan, Principal Researcher for Autonomy, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute