Portland State Magazine Fall 2007

Technology and Culture with Dr. Henry Petroski Duke University Techmlogy is the story ofengineering, design and culture, a discovery ofthe eJ..traordinmy in the ordinary. Thursday, November 1st, 2007 Decoding Life with Dr. J. Craig Venter J. Craig Venter Institute Whats exciting now is that we have an idea of whats there and the tools to answer key questions. Thursday, November 15th, 2007 Signal or Noise? with Dr. Bart Kosko Unjversity of Southern Californja Noise has manyfonns. Chaos is mise. And life might not have evolved without it. Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Cosmology Frontier with Dr. Brian Greene Columbia University The laws ofphysics can't explain the particular direction in which the universe is developing. Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Why the Brain Loves Music with Dr. Oliver Sacks Professor of Neurology, Columbia University Author of the Bestselling The Man Who Mistook His WifeforaHat "Music has a unique power to alter the brain in remarkable and complex ways, and we humans are a musical species no less than a linguistic one." 7 pm, Thursday October 18th, 2007 Linus Pauling Memorial Lectures 2007-2008 Science, Technology and Society All event<; 7 pm, Schnitzer Conce11 Hall, Downtown Portland For Tickets Call 503-232-2300 • or online at www.1sepp.org Co-sponsored by What Scientists Know and How They Know It with Dr. Steven Goldman Lehigh University Modern science has promoted itself as the exclusive rational path to knowledge. Thursday, May 1st, 2008 ~ Portlan?. tH,~~'~ 10 Percent Discount for PSU Alumni 20 Percent Discount for Members of the PSU Alumni Association