Looking Forward to a Year of Science (broadcast Friday, January 2nd, 2009)

2009 marks 150 years since the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, and 200 years since his birth. It's also the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first use of a telescope to study the skies and the publication of Johannes Kepler's first two Laws of Planetary Motion. In this segment, Ira talks with M. Lee Allison, one of the organizers of a 'Year of Science' celebrating scientific methods and discoveries.

Guests

M. Lee Allison
State Geologist & Director
Arizona Geological Survey
Tucson, AZ

Related Links

• COPUS Project: Year of Science 2009

Segment produced by:Flora Lichtman

Stories for
Friday, January 2nd, 2009

• Looking Forward to a Year of Science
• Controlling Mosquitoes With Bacteria
• Sniffle, Sneeze, Urrp: Time for Colds and Flu
• Mystified? Solve It With Science
• The Invention of Air

Elsewhere on Sciencefriday.com

Explore More

• Museums
• Science And Society
• Scientific Method
• History of Science and Technology