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Dec 7, 2008 1:00 pm (Sunday)
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Baird Auditorium of the National Museum of Natural History (map)
Tenth and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
38.892087
-77.025989
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Natural History Museum Baird Auditorium Margaret Wertheim (physicist, journalist, and co-founder of the Institute for Figuring) discusses her one-of-a-kind crochet coral reef proje...
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Event details: DC Crochets a Coral Reef Lecture and Workshop
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Natural History Museum Baird Auditorium
Margaret Wertheim (physicist, journalist, and co-founder of the Institute for Figuring) discusses her one-of-a-kind crochet coral reef project -- an effort that brings artists, mathematicians, and scientists together to generate global attention around the plight of coral reefs. Then she and Dr. Nancy Knowlton (chair, Marine Science) discuss reefs, ocean conservation, and the art of crocheting a coral reef replica. After the talk, follow museum staff to participate in a crochet workshop (no experience necessary).
Free
Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall
Margaret Wertheim (physicist, journalist, and co-founder of the Institute for Figuring) discusses her one-of-a-kind crochet coral reef project -- an effort that brings artists, mathematicians, and scientists together to generate global attention around the plight of coral reefs. Then she and Dr. Nancy Knowlton (chair, Marine Science) discuss reefs, ocean conservation, and the art of crocheting a coral reef replica. After the talk, follow museum staff to participate in a crochet workshop (no experience necessary).
Free
Related Exhibition: The Sant Ocean Hall
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