PSU Magazine Summer 1989

In it he leads viewers on an odyssey through the inner workings of science, sharing hi s thoughts on the sc ientific truth lying behind everyday ex periences. As a young man , Morrison studied unde r Robe rt Oppenheimer at Berkeley, and helped the famed sc ientist devise the first atom bombs at Los Alamos. David Suzuki December 16, 1989, 7:30 p. m. , Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall D avid Suzuki , professor of genetics at the University of British Co– lumbia and internationally renowned broadcaster, hosts the award– winning CBC series "The Nature of Things." Many will have seen his recent e ight- part series "A Pl anet fo r the Tak– ing." He has published over 300 popular sc;ence articles, 13 books, including six for children and made two records, " Spacechild'" and " Earthwatch." His latest book, written with Peter Knudtson, GENETHICS: The Erhics of Engineering Life (1988), is an exploration of the clash between modern genetics and human values. Fritjof Capra January 19, 1990, 7:30 p.m. , Civic Auditorium I n his international best- sellers Th e Tao of Physics, Th e Turning Poinr, and most recent book Uncommon Wisdom , phys icist Fritjof Capra demonstrates the striking parallels between ancient mystical traditions and the discoveries of twentieth centu ry phys ics. Capra, Ph .D., theoretical physicist, systems theori st. futuri st, and author, teaches at the University of California at Berkeley and resea rches theoretical high– energy phys ics at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. In 1983, Capra founded the Elmwood Institute, an international organization ded icated to nurturing new ecological vi– sions and applying them to solve current soc ial , economic and environmental problems. Jane Goodall April 6, 1990, 7:30 p. m., Civic Auditorium 0 n July 14, 1960, Jan Goodall , a 26-year-old woman from Bournemouth , England, stepped onto the sandy shore of Lake Tanganyika . She had been sent by the famed an– thropologist Loui s Leakey to begin a long- term study of chimpanzees in the wild. The site selected for the study was The Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve (now Gombe ational Park) in the remote interior of the African cou ntry now known as Tanzania. Jane Goodall Leakey anticipated that a long-term chimpanzee study in the wild would last ten years. Those who criticized his choice of an untrained young woman to carry out the task anticipated that she would not last no mo re than two days. Privately, Goodall believed her work at Gombe would take three years. History has proven them all to be wrong. Now, as she completes her 29th con– secutive year of study at Gombe, Goodall and her work have become legendary. Among her accomplishments are comple– tion of a Ph .D. in ethology at Cambridge Un iversity in England in 1965 and foun– ding of the Gombe Stream Research · Center that same year. Through publication of three major books, her appearances on National Geographic Society specials and from her lecture tours, Goodall has become one of the most publicly recognized and respected scientists in the world. D PSU 9