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- SMP 4/22/06 | Applied Evolution: Domestication, Disease, Crime & Culture | Speaker: David Mindell
- SMP 4/8/06 | Evolutionary Guide to the Tree of Life | Speaker: David Mindell
- SMP 4/1/06 | Evolution of Robotics | Speaker: Peter Swanson
- SMP 3/25/06 | Mars and the Evolution of Thought | Speaker: Eric Rabkin
- SMP 3/18/06 | Scientific Uncertainty and Public Policy: Moving On Without All the Answers | Speaker: Henry Pollack
- SMP 3/11/06 | How Old: The Physics of Dating Artifacts | Speaker: Fred Becchetti
- SMP 2/18/06 | Natural Selection & the Regulation of Defense Responses: How Much Suffering is Enough? | Speaker: Randolph Nesse
- SMP 2/11/06 | Genomes and Evolution | Speaker: George Zhang
- SMP 2/4/06 | Evolution of Infectious Diseases: from Host-Parasite Arms Races to Superbugs | Speaker: Johannes Foufopoulos
- SMP 1/28/06 | Nanomedicine – A New Frontier for Physics | Speaker: Jens-Christian Meiners
- SMP 1/21/06 | Evolution: The Fossil Record and the Origin of Whales | Speaker: Philip Gingerich
- SMP 12/21/02 | Peering into the Earth: From Earthquakes to Diamonds | Speaker: Wendy Panero
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- Seminars & Colloquia
Saturday, January 21, 2006
12:00 AM
170 & 182 Dennison Building
Speaker: Philip Gingerich (U-M Museum of Paleontology)
Evolution is a science of change through time, founded in the 18th and 19th centuries to describe and explain fossils that geologists observed to differ in successive layers of the earth’s crust. Microevolutionary studies in paleontology link species through close intermediates and address change on short time scales. Macroevolutionary studies trace profound changes in body plans through longer intervals, as seen in the origin and early evolution of whales.Detailed Information
All talks are free and refreshments will be served. Visitor parking for the seminars (Central Campus) is across the street from the Dennison Building in the U-M Church Street structure. There is a $2.00 parking charge implemented by U-M Parking Services.
Contact Information
For more information regarding the Saturday Morning Physics series, see the Physics Department website, or call 734.764.4437