Cafe Sci Orlando announcements for 2008-07
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Chad MILLER
Jun 26, 2008, 1:42:15 PM6/26/08
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Hi everyone. Thank you for showing your interest in our new venture.
Café Scientifique is a worldwide grassroots effort to raise science literacy by bringing science out of the lab and into the pub. It started in England about ten years ago, modeled after the French Café Philosophique, and has since spread to several dozen cities. Meetings are free to attend, and you're encouraged to ask questions.
A typical meeting runs about an hour, but some may run longer depending on the amount of discussion. An scientific expert presents some topic for about 20 to 30 minutes, we have a short break to cogitate and order more food and drink, and then we ask questions, challenge assumptions, and generally have a good time for the remaining time.
July café: Phoenix on the Red Planet
For the month of July, we have one cafe meeting about a week from now, on Wednesday, July 2nd, at 7pm. Our speaker will be Derek Demeter, Director of SCC Planetarium.
Mars Phoenix Lander has been on Mars for a very short period, but it's already shaking up the worlds of geology and astronomy. Derek will talk about its latest findings (which change daily!) and what they means for us.
Our cafe is held at Stardust Video and Coffee, which is in the area north of Colonial (SR50) and east of Mills Ave (17/92), but south of Winter Park.
If the parking lot is crowded, I think a little farther along there is a street on the left, Marble Ave, where we can park .
Help us grow! The sweet spot for a cafe's attendance is about 40 people. You can help us in two ways in the next week: Print out a PDF flier and post it so that others can see it. Or, tell others about us. It may be easiest to point them to Cafe Sci Orlando's web site, cafesciorl.com .
This month's cafe will be great! I can't wait to see you there.
- Introduction
- July 2 meeting
- Topic & speaker
- Directions
- Help us grow
Hi everyone. Thank you for showing your interest in our new venture.
Café Scientifique is a worldwide grassroots effort to raise science literacy by bringing science out of the lab and into the pub. It started in England about ten years ago, modeled after the French Café Philosophique, and has since spread to several dozen cities. Meetings are free to attend, and you're encouraged to ask questions.
A typical meeting runs about an hour, but some may run longer depending on the amount of discussion. An scientific expert presents some topic for about 20 to 30 minutes, we have a short break to cogitate and order more food and drink, and then we ask questions, challenge assumptions, and generally have a good time for the remaining time.
July café: Phoenix on the Red Planet
For the month of July, we have one cafe meeting about a week from now, on Wednesday, July 2nd, at 7pm. Our speaker will be Derek Demeter, Director of SCC Planetarium.
Mars Phoenix Lander has been on Mars for a very short period, but it's already shaking up the worlds of geology and astronomy. Derek will talk about its latest findings (which change daily!) and what they means for us.
Our cafe is held at Stardust Video and Coffee, which is in the area north of Colonial (SR50) and east of Mills Ave (17/92), but south of Winter Park.
- From Mills, drive east on Virginia Dr, past Leu Gardens, following the curves -- Virginia, Forest, Corrine. At a the traffic light for Winter Park Road, turn left/north.
- From Colonial, drive north on Bennett Road, toward Baldwin Park. At the traffic light for Corrine Dr, turn left/west and at the traffic light for Winter Park Road, turn right/north.
If the parking lot is crowded, I think a little farther along there is a street on the left, Marble Ave, where we can park .
Help us grow! The sweet spot for a cafe's attendance is about 40 people. You can help us in two ways in the next week: Print out a PDF flier and post it so that others can see it. Or, tell others about us. It may be easiest to point them to Cafe Sci Orlando's web site, cafesciorl.com .
This month's cafe will be great! I can't wait to see you there.
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