Brown Bag Lecture: “Fixing the Sky: Historical Perspectives on Weather and Climate Control”
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Date:
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October 12, 2010
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Time:
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12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
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Location:
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CHF
315 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106 |
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Open to the Public |
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Fee:
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Free
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A talk by James Rodger Fleming
This presentation examines the tragicomic history of rainmakers, weather warriors, and climate engineers, arguing that history matters in pressing issues of current public-policy concern and technical decision-making.
James Rodger Fleming is a historian of science and technology and professor of science, technology, and society at Colby College. Fleming recently held the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the Smithsonian Institution, the Roger Revelle Fellowship in Global Stewardship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a public-policy scholarship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. In the spring of 2011 he will convene a Gordon Cain research conference on the history of atmospheric chemistry at CHF.
About Brown Bag Lectures
Brown Bag Lectures (BBLs) are a series of weekly, informal talks by CHF fellows and members of the academic and business communities on topics involving the history of chemistry, political and social issues of importance to chemists and chemical engineers, and issues affecting the future of chemical research.
For more information, please call 215.873.8289, or e-mail bbl@chemheritage.org.
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