Butler University
J. James Woods
Lectures in the Sciences and Mathematics
2006-2007
Wednesday, September 27th, 7:30pm, Reilly Room
Dr. Fisher, Research Professor, is a member of the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University. Helen Fisher has conducted extensive research on the evolution and future of human sex, love and marriage, and gender differences in the brain and behavior. She will speak about her most recent book:
WHY WE LOVE: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love.
Thursday, November 16th, 7:30pm, Reilly Room
Robert Sapolsky
Robert Sapolsky is Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University. Dr. Sapolsky has lived and worked with a troop of baboons in Africa, studied neurobiology in the lab, and received a MacArthur "Genius" fellowship. He will speak about his latest book:
Monkeyluv and Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals.
Wednesday, March 7th, 7:30pm, Reilly Room
Lisa Randall is a Professor of Physics at Harvard University. Dr. Randall will speak about her book, Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions. The book takes up the topics of particle physics, string theory, brane worlds, and extra dimensions in a way that is accessible and entertaining for a general audience.
Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions.
Wednesday, April 18th, 7:30pm, Reilly Room
Stephen Schneider is Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. Dr. Schneider has written extensively on climate change, both science and policy, and will be addressing the question:
Can we define, let alone solve, global warming?
The J. James Woods Lecture Series was established by a generous gift from the estate of J. James Woods. The goal of the Woods bequest is to bring prominent mathematicians and scientists to Butler University in order to speak on theories at the frontier of their disciplines, as well as on related technologies and other issues of public concern.
All Woods Lectures are free and open to the public.
For inquiries, please contact Barbara Dadkhah, (317)940-9293, bdadkhah@butler.edu.