Science on Tap - Darwin's Backyard "Experimentising"
Venue: Rising Silo Farm Brewery, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Science on Tap - New River Valley
Date: Monday, March 25, 2019
Time: 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Science on Tap - New River Valley presents "Darwin's Backyard "Experimentising" on Monday, March 25, 2019 at Rising Silo Brewery in Blacksburg, VA.
Join biologist Jim Costa of Western Carolina University on a backyard adventure a la Charles Darwin. Despite his stuffy Victorian portraits, Darwin loved playing around with experiments that involved his entire household, including his kids, and the world outside his backdoor. This "experimentising," as he liked to call it, provided important developments in Darwin's theory of evolution.
Costa, author of the book *Darwin's Backyard*, will show us some of these experiments and discuss what his archival scholarship has turned up about this iconic scientist's life. Costa is a Distinguished Lecturer with Sigma Xi, and also director of the Highlands Biological Station.
Be prepared for some epic trivia to start things off!
Admission is free and open to the public. Food and drink are on your own.
This special guest appearance is happening thanks to the Virginia Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society and Sigma Xi's Distinguished Lecturer program.
Science On Tap New River Valley community celebrates scientific thought and explores new discoveries through monthly events with a featured researcher. We kick off the event with games, comedy, or other fun things. Then, an invited guest researcher demos their research. And then we'll discuss, ask questions, learn together, and mingle.
To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/ohrDEue.png.
For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/Science-on-Tap-New-River-Valley-377092182662944/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/414138475827488/.
For more information on Rising Silo, visit: http://www.risingsilobrewery.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/risingsilobrewery or call 540-750-0796.
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