BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Pacific BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210219T030601Z UID:75D90492-C654-4CB7-9D41-8661D1AED440 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20210204T180000 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20210204T190000 DESCRIPTION:Women in Engineering read 6 books a year. Each title is given a two month period in which to complete the manuscript. The WIE members mee t online monthly to discuss and enjoy each other's perspectives. The first book of the new year is Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evoluti on by Neil deGrasse Tyson.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Heidi DeGarmo\n\nAgenda: \n Please join Women in Engineering for this month's book\, Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson\, born in New Yo rk City the same week NASA was founded. His interest in the universe trace s back to age 9\, after a first visit to the Hayden Planetarium of the Ame rican Museum of Natural History. He was educated in the public schools of New York City through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science . And after an BA in Physics from Harvard and a PhD in Astrophysics from C olumbia and a Postdoctoral research fellowship at Princeton\, Tyson become the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium\, where he has s erved since 1996.\n\n"Our true origins are not just human\, or even terres trial\, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and the current cross-pollination among geology\, biology\, astrophysics\, an d cosmology\, Origins explains the soul-stirring leaps in our understandin g of the cosmos. From the first image of a galaxy birth to Spirit Rover's exploration of Mars\, to the discovery of water on one of Jupiter's moons\ , coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct a galvanizing tour of the cosmos with clarity and exuberance and 32 pages of color illu strations." ~ [Amazon's Biography](https://www.amazon.com/Origins-Fourteen -Billion-Cosmic-Evolution/dp/0393350398/ref=sr_1_6?crid=32GCJ1OO0GCT4&dchi ld=1&keywords=neil+degrasse+tyson&qid=1610949416&sprefix=neil+de+grass%2Ca ps%2C228&sr=8-6)\n\n1st Thursday of the Month\, excluding holidays\, Meet Online\, Oregon\, United States LOCATION:1st Thursday of the Month\, excluding holidays\, Meet Online\, Ore gon\, United States ORGANIZER:heidi.degarmo.2015@ieee.org SEQUENCE:5 SUMMARY: IEEE Oregon Section WIE Book Club Meeting URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/256975 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="font-weight: 400\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;"><sp an style="font-size: 14pt\;">Women in Engineering read 6 books a year. Eac h title is given a two month period in which to complete the manuscript. T he WIE members meet online monthly to discuss and enjoy each other's persp ectives. The first book of the new year is <span style="text-decoration: u nderline\;">Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution</span> by Neil deGrasse Tyson.</span></p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;"><span style ="font-size: 14pt\;">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;">&nb sp\;</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="font-weight : 400\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style= "font-weight: 400\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;">&nbsp\;</p >\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\; ">&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"> Please join Women in Engineering for this month's book\, <span style="text -decoration: underline\;">Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolut ion</span> by Neil deGrasse Tyson\, born in New York City the same week NA SA was founded. His interest in the universe traces back to age 9\, after a first visit to the Hayden Planetarium of the American Museum of Natural History. He was educated in the public schools of New York City through hi s graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. And after an BA in Phy sics from Harvard and a PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia and a Postdoctor al research fellowship at Princeton\, Tyson become the Frederick P. Rose D irector of the Hayden Planetarium\, where he has served since 1996.</span> </p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">"Our t rue origins are not just human\, or even terrestrial\, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and the current cross-pollinat ion among geology\, biology\, astrophysics\, and cosmology\,&nbsp\;<span s tyle="text-decoration: underline\;">Origins</span>&nbsp\;explains the soul -stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. From the first image o f a galaxy birth to Spirit Rover's exploration of Mars\, to the discovery of water on one of Jupiter's moons\, coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Don ald Goldsmith conduct a galvanizing tour of the cosmos with clarity and ex uberance and 32 pages of color illustrations." ~ <a href="https://www.amaz on.com/Origins-Fourteen-Billion-Cosmic-Evolution/dp/0393350398/ref=sr_1_6? crid=32GCJ1OO0GCT4&amp\;dchild=1&amp\;keywords=neil+degrasse+tyson&amp\;qi d=1610949416&amp\;sprefix=neil+de+grass%2Caps%2C228&amp\;sr=8-6">Amazon's Biography</a></span></p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;"><span style="font- size: 12pt\;">&nbsp\;</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR