Daily Archives: March 5, 2017

Monday, March 20, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The Biographical Stories of the 19th-Century Women Who Launched the New Genre of Popular Science Writing

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Richard Holmes is an award-wining British author best-known for his biographical studies of major figures of British and French Romanticism. Recent books include Falling Upwards, How We Took to the Air: An Unconventional History of Ballooning, and The Age of Wonder, both winners of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books. Holmes’ other books include Footsteps, Sidetracks, Shelley: The Pursuit, Coleridge: Early Visions, Coleridge: Darker Reflections, and Dr. Johnson & Mr. Savage. He was awarded the OBE in 1992, and is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the British Academy. His new book, This Long Pursuit, is a confessional chronicle and pilgrimage that takes him across three centuries, through much of Europe and into both his intellectual passions as well as the lively company of many earlier biographers. Central to his book is a powerful evocation of the lives of women—both scientific and literary. He is the former Professor of Biographical Studies at University of East Anglia, UK, and will speak as part of the Director’s Lecture Series on Monday, March 20 at the Arnold Arboretum. Fee Free. Arboretum members only. Registration required as seating is limited.

Register online at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.

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Thursday, March 9, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – The Shape of Rivers: Perspectives from Art and Science

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Join Biennial artist Fritz Horstman and MIT geophysicist Daniel Rothman for a multidisciplinary conversation on water flow through natural landscapes at the deCordova Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road in Lincoln, on Thursday, March 9 at 6:30 pm. Free, but registration is requested at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-shape-of-rivers-perspectives-from-art-and-science-tickets-30121080964?aff=es2

DeCordova New England Biennial 2016 artist Fritz Horstman explores the intersection of human constructions and ecological systems. His large commissioned sculpture, Formwork for a Spiral Movement based on the form of a river’s eddy is on view in the Sculpture Park as part of the Biennial, while over 20 wooden models are on view in the galleries.

Daniel H. Rothman is a Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT. His work has contributed widely to the understanding of the organization of the natural environment, resulting in fundamental advances in subjects ranging from seismology and fluid flow to biogeochemistry and geobiology. He has also made significant contributions to research in statistical physics. Much of his recent interests focus on the dynamics of Earth’s carbon cycle, the co-evolution of life and the environment, and the physical foundation of natural geometric forms. Rothman is co-founder and co-director of MIT’s Lorenz Center, a privately funded interdisciplinary research center devoted to learning how climate works. The Center fosters creative approaches to increasing fundamental understanding.