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| Current Events for the Month of December 2009 |
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| Previous Month | Next Month | | | The Evolution of God | | Author : | jhorgan@stevens.edu (John Horgan) | | Date : | Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | | Description : | Center for Science Writings
"The Evolution of God" Robert Wright
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
4:00PM - 5:30PM
Babbio Center, Room 122
In his new book "The Evolution of God," the journalist Robert Wright, founder of Bloggingheads.tv and renowned author of popular works on evolutionary psychology, presents a radical interpretation of the evolution of religion and of our concepts of God. A front-page review in the New York Times calls Wright's book "brilliaant," "provocative and controversial." This talk, in which Wright airs the themes of his book, will be one of several "Darwin Day" events at Stevens to honor the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species." | | |
| | CAL Seminar | | Author : | Debra.Pagan@stevens.edu (Debra Pagan) | | Date : | Thu, Dec 3, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | | Description : | CAL Seminar
Thursday, December 3, 2009
12:30PM - 2:00PM
P-308 | | |
| | Computer Science: Science or Engineering? | | Author : | hdorn@stevens.edu (Harold Dorn) | | Date : | Wed, Dec 9, 2009
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | | Description : | Humanities Forum
Computer Science: Science or Engineering?
Speaker: David Klappholz
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Time: 1:00PM
Place: WJHC, Fielding Room, 3rd Floor | | |
| | Ancient Maya Agriculture: Technologies and Strategies for 3000 Years of Survival in a Tropical Forest | | Author : | dawn.digrius@stevens.edu (Dawn Digrius) | | Date : | Wed, Dec 9, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | | Description : | Gender and Cultural Studies Program presents
Dr. Scott L. Fedick,
University of California, Riverside
Ancient Maya Agriculture: Technologies and Strategies for 3000 Years of Survival in a Tropical Forest
One of the mysteries of ancient Maya civilization is how they managed to produce enough food for the millions of people that inhabited the tropical lowlands for thousands of years. Academic opinion has generally characterized the Maya Lowlands as a hostile environment, poorly suited to agriculture and susceptible to degradation if overused, which the Maya are often accused of having done. Alternatively, popular imagery of the ancient Maya often portrays them as living in a rain forest paradise with their temples nestled protectively among verdant, towering trees. How has academic and popular imagery of the lowland Maya environment shaped public policy decisions on forest conservation and the rights of modern Maya farmers? Recent findings suggest that the Maya Forest was manipulated and managed by humans from its very beginning, using a wide variety of agricultural technologies and cultivation strategies. The Maya Forest of today might best be characterized as a garden gone to seed.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Kidde 228
All are invited to attend | | |
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