Tuesday, June 2, 8PM, Secret Science Club presents Physicist and Author Leonard Mlodinow @ the Bell House, FREE!

Secret Science Club presents Theoretical Physicist, Best-Selling Author, and Star Trek writer Leonard Mlodinow on The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos

Leonard Mlodinow takes a spin through the history of science and human progress—from the invention of stone tools to theories of quantum physics. It’s going to be epic!

Here’s what Stephen Hawking has to say about this: “Mlodinow never fails to make science both accessible and entertaining.” Well said, Dr. Hawking!

Leonard Mlodinow received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of California, Berkeley, was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute, and was on the faculty of the California Institute of Technology. His previous books include Subliminal (winner of the PEN/E. O. Wilson Award), The Grand Design (with Stephen Hawking), The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives, War of the Worldviews (with Deepak Chopra) and Feynman’s Rainbow. Did we mention that he wrote for MacGyver and Star Trek: The Next Generation?

Before & After

--Groove to out-of-this-world tunes

--Sip our improbable cocktail of the night, the Quantum Theory

--Snag a signed copy of Leonard Mlodinow’s epic new book, The Upright Thinkers

--Stick around for the cosmic Q&A

This edition of the Secret Science Club meets Tuesday, June 2, 8PM @ the Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Subway: F or G to 4th Ave, R to 9th St.

Doors open at 7:30 pm.  Please bring ID: 21+. No cover. Just bring your smart self! 

 

Tuesday, May 19, 8PM, Secret Science Club presents Computational Geneticist Joe Pickrell @ the Bell House, FREE!

Bones, artifacts, cave paintings, and prehistoric tools are the clues traditionally used to learn about our earliest human ancestors. But scientists are discovering that human history is also written in the subtle variations of our genetic code.

Geneticist Joe Pickrell compares and contrasts the DNA of living humans and those who are looooong dead to learn about history, evolution, and human health. He asks:

--How are new studies of ancient DNA rewriting assumptions about human history?

 --What effects did the shift from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a life of farming and settlement have on the human genome?

 --How have recent technological advances allowed geneticists to accomplish feats that were once considered science fiction? Where is genetics taking us?

A computational geneticist at the New York Genome Center and contributor to "Genomes Unzipped," Joe Pickrell and his research have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Scientist, and Nature.

Before & After
--It’s ba-a-a-a-ck… Sip our cocktail of the night, the Double… Make That a Triple Helix

--Shimmy to ever-evolving grooves
--Survival of the most curious! Stick around for the highly adaptive Q&A

This Mendelian edition of the Secret Science Club meets Tuesday, May 19, 8pm @ the Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Subway: F or G to 4th Ave, R to 9th St.

Doors open at 7:30 pm. Please bring ID: 21+. No cover. Just bring your smart self!