Thursdays – Famous Jewish Personalities in Politics, Science, Music and Art
4/3 @ 3:15 PM/ CH
4/10, 4/17 & 4/24 @ 3:00 PM/ CH
Instructor: Stuart Liss
4/3 Facts about famous scientists
These days the world’s most innovative scientists don’t really get as much attention as, say, the Kardashians. But maybe they should. Because real, profound geniuses often come hand-in-hand with being absolutely bonkers. Seriously: the lives of some of the most famous scientists of all-time read like the biography of an insane circus clown
4/10 Great Women of Science
For centuries, men dominated science, technology, engineering, and math (now known as STEM) –but that doesn’t mean that women didn’t make scientific history too. Did you ever wonder where the basis of Einstein’s theory of relativity came from? Einstein himself credits a woman, Emmy Noether. Are you grateful for the wi-fi ? Thank Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood screen siren by day and secret tech innovator by night
4/17 Facts About the Real-Life Origins of Monsters
When the iconic Canadian author, Margaret Atwood, talks about monsters she places them almost on a pedestal. Monsters are essential, she argues. Otherwise, how else would we know what our heroes are capable of?
4/24 History of bizarre medical practices
Although the medical profession has amassed an immense amount of knowledge over its centuries-old history, that knowledge was often built on hit-or-miss experiments, leading to some strange historical medical practices. Here are 40 facts about bizarre medical procedures.
