IEEE Oregon Section WIE Book Club Meeting
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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 meet online monthly to discuss and enjoy each other's perspectives. The first book of the new year is Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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- Date: 04 Feb 2021
- Time: 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM
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- Co-sponsored by Heidi DeGarmo
- Starts 17 January 2021 06:00 PM
- Ends 04 February 2021 07:00 PM
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Please join Women in Engineering for this month's book, Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson, born in New York City the same week NASA 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 his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. And after an BA in Physics from Harvard and a PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia and a Postdoctoral research fellowship at Princeton, Tyson become the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, where he has served since 1996.
"Our true origins are not just human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and the current cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins explains the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding 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 illustrations." ~ Amazon's Biography
“Who can ask for better cosmic tour guides to the universe than Drs. Tyson and Goldsmith?” ―Michio Kaku, author of Hyperspace and Parallel Worlds