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A DC Science Café Event: Gravity, or an Homage to the Mysteries of Universal Attraction

Ron Cowen
Ron Cowen

Without gravity, there would be no up. No down. No falling. No planets with moons. No solar systems. No galaxies. No any of us. Gravity is one of the fundamental forces that governs all that is and how it all came to be over the past 13.7 billion years.

Cole Miller
Cole Miller

Join science writer Ron Cowen and University of Maryland astrophysicist Cole Miller for a gripping tour of gravity that will take you from a 1919 eclipse that really made Einstein’s day, out to the surface of neutron stars and the event horizons of black holes, and back again to the gravitational attraction that keeps you planted on the ground and ever-so-subtly pulled toward every other human being on the planet.

 

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 , 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Busboys and Poets
450 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
For info, contact Ivan Amato: DCScienceCafe@dcswa.org
Free and open to the public

Science on Stage—Comedy, Music, Poetry & More

At a first-of-its-kind DC Science Café event, local performers moved by the scientific narrative of our times will share their songs, poetry, rap, comedy and other favored forms of expression in an on-stage demonstration of just how well art and science go together.
After a series of short, featured performances, the mike will open to members of the audience who have come prepared with their own science-themed pieces to share.
Note the special location at the Busboys and Poets restaurant in Takoma Park.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

An Outsider’s Inside View of Science in Iran

An Outsider’s Inside View of Science in Iran

With the Iran nuclear negotiations thick in the news this year, Science magazine’s intrepid international science editor, Richard Stone, gained exclusive access to some of that country’s top scientists, among them president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran; to leading-edge research facilities, including a new astronomy observatory; and to environmental sites, such as the dying lake Urmia. Join Richard for a rare reporter’s travelogue in which he will share his discoveries about science in Iran in the sanctions era and what might happen when sanctions are lifted.

 

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

6:30 –  8:30 pm

Busboys and Poets, 5th and K St., NW, Washington, DC

www.busboysandpoets.com/about_5th.php

For info, contact Ivan Amato, founder and facilitator of DC Science Cafe, at: DCScienceCafe@dcswa.org

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The D.C. Science Writers Association is a group of journalists, writers, public information officers (PIOs), and audio and video producers who cover breaking research, science and technology. Our events bring together science writers for socializing, networking, science-based tours and events, and professional development workshops. The D.C. Science Writers Association is dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, national origin, or religion. DCSWA does not tolerate harassment of members in any form.