Saturday Morning Physics The Museum of Zoology: A Priceless Collection of Life
Date:
10/17/2009;
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: 170 & 182 Dennison Building
Host Department: PHYSICS
Speaker: Professor William Fink, (U-M Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Director, Museum of Zoology)
Detailed Information
Can mice predict the future climate of Michigan? How long can a bass remember something that tastes really bad? Is changing sex a good thing? Can a scientist find happiness in Tahiti? These and other questions will be answered by Professor Fink as he provides some highlights of research and teaching in the Museum of Zoology, a center of biodiversity sciences at the University of Michigan. Some of the most treasured specimens from the research collections will be on hand.
This lecture is part of the LSA Museums Theme Semester.
Contact Information
The lectures are held on the U-M central campus (Ann Arbor) from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and are preceded by refreshments and followed by Q&A sessions. The Church Street Parking Sturcture is available at a cost of $2.00 per vehicle.
For more information, please see the SMP web pages for more details.
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