Cafe Sci Orlando announcements for 2009-12: The Nature of Science
Chad MILLER
- January 7 event
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--- Directions and Parking Instructions
- About us
- Help us thrive
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## January café: The Nature of Science ##
For the month of January, we have a cafe meeting on Wednesday,
January 7th, at 7pm.
In the year 2009, we intend to follow monthly themes suggested by
the Coalition on Public Understanding of Science. First up: About
science itself.
Join Seminole Community College Planetarium Director Derek
Demeter as we explore the evolution of science from the times of
Ptolemy to the modern science we know today. We will begin our
journey in ancient Greece, where the first scientists sought out
observational truth about the natural world they lived in. We then
venture into the Middle East during the middle ages, where experi-
mental science began to develop. Following, we emerge to the time
of Galileo where observation and experimentation takes its final form
in what we now know as modern science. We end our journey in
modern times to see what science has in store for the future.
### Directions ###
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.
From that intersection, Stardust is immediately on the left. 1842 E
Winter Park Rd, Orlando, FL. (407) 623-3393 Beware that some GPS
maps send you too far north, to W Winter Park Rd. Stardust is only 50
feet from Corrine Rd.
### Parking Instructions ###
The parking lot will probably be crowded, so please park on Marble
Ave, which is next to (north, away from Corrine) Stardust's modest
parking lot. [ http://bit.ly/117cja ]
## About us ##
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 we love questions.
A typical meeting runs about an hour. A scientific expert presents
some topic for about 20 to 30 minutes, we have a short break to
cogitate and order refreshments, and then we ask questions, discuss,
and generally have a good time.
## Help us grow and thrive! ##
We need you to help us keep a healthy number of people attending and
stoking our dialectic fires. 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, at cafesciorl.com .
Also, Chad loves folksonomies, and recommends using the tag
"cafesciorl" to refer online to this Café Scientifique. It's already in
use to pull photos from Flickr on the cafe web site. Take a look at
our web site to see it in action. Use that tag on your own on the 'Net
when referring to us.