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“Learning from Leonardo” with Fritjof Capra on November 17th

  We are so proud to host world-renowned physicist and author Fritjof Capra at our November Meeting! Leonardo da Vinci, the great master painter and genius of the Renaissance, has been the subject of hundreds of scholarly and popular books. However, there are surprisingly few books about Leonardo’s science. Moreover, many authors who have discussed his scientific work have looked at ...

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June 17th SPEAKER — “Sci-Fi Speaks!” with AYIZE JAMA-EVERETT

Join acclaimed science-fiction  author Ayize Jama-Everett  as he delves into the history of the pulp genre and considers  its relationship to  literature, gender, and race.  Focusing mostly on  science  fiction, Ayize will lecture on the connection between pulp novels of the early 19th century and the comic-book age of the thirties, which in turn impacted the current media landscape of ...

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