Lowell Lecture
THE ALCHEMY OF US: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
Date & Time
May 20, 2020 at 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location
First Parish Church in Cambridge
3 Church Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
Ainissa Ramirez is a materials scientist. A Brown and Stanford graduate, she has worked as a research scientist at Bell Labs and held academic positions at Yale University and MIT.
Presenting Organization
Contact
Mary Stack (, 617 495 2727)
Scientist Ainissa Ramirez examines eight inventions to see how they have shaped the human experience. What have clocks, steel rails, copper communication cables, photographic film, light bulbs, hard disks, scientific labware, and silicon chips made possible, and how have these technologies changed us?