Events for June 2012

June 1, 2012 - June 10, 2012

Special Event

Sic Transit Glorious: A Transit of Venus Celebration

American Philosophical Society, Independence National Historical Park | Visit site »

The Transit of Venus is both an astronomical phenomenon and a landmark in the history of American science.

The American Philosophical Society, in collaboration with Independence National Historical Park will be putting on a number of events both celebrating the historical scientific importance of the Transit of Venus as well as viewing the actual transit on June 5th.

Read more here.

June 1, 2012

Andrea Wulf

Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens

American Philosophical Society | Visit site »

Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Place: Benjamin Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106

Author Andrea Wulf will present an illustrated lecture based on her forthcoming book on the history of the Transit of Venus. Her preceding book was Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation, published in spring 2011.

RSVP for lecture to rsvpmuseum@amphilsoc.org.

June 24, 2012

Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University

Can We Get Needed Population Shrinkage In Time? The Academy, the Mahb and the Human Future

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University | Visit site »

Thursday, June 24, 6:30 PM
$15 nonmembers, $10 Academy members

Dr. Paul Ehrlich, a Stanford University biologist and expert on environmental issues, will discuss the environmental and social issues involved in climate disruption and toxification of the planet and the increasing odds of vast epidemics and nuclear resource wars. He’ll introduce key elements that could lead to resolution of the human predicament including population control by fully empowering women everywhere, total revision of today’s unsustainable growthmanic economic system, and a “bottom-up” movement to unite academic disciplines and civil society to help with the task.