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The Size and Shape of Nature
Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History
December 13, 2009
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How can it be that a tiny ant can lift many times its own weight, while a beached whale cannot support its own weight? Why are large mammals so rare while bacteria are so abundant? Why do some organisms live for hours, while others live for over a century? Using size as a beacon, L. Mahadevan, Harvard Professor of Applied Mathematics and 2009 MacArthur Fellow, will describe how the intersecting worlds of mathematics, physics, and engineering...
Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission Info:
Free with museum admission.
General Day and Time Info:
2:00pm
Accessibility Info: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.
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