Announcment for a lecture on "Biology of Movie Monsters"

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Announcment for a lecture on "Biology of Movie Monsters"
Author:  Carol S. Kazmer at hou2,ngg 
Date:    4/16/96 9:49 AM
     
     
     I'd appreciate it if you could distribute this note to the paleo group 
     because I think that some members might enjoy hearing the lecture.  
     
     On Thursday, April 25th, the University of Chicago Club Distinguished 
     Faculty Series will present Dr. Michael LaBarbera speaking on "Insight 
     in the Late Night:  The Biology of Science Fiction Movie Monsters."  
     The lecture will begin at 6:30 PM at the Briar Club located at 2603 
     Timmons (near River Oaks).  The cost is $8.00 per adult and $5.00 per 
     student.  You may make a reservation through me, Carol Kazmer 
     (x5654--I'm an officer in the local Chicago alumni group), before the 
     end of day on April 22nd. 
     
     Dr. LaBarbera holds joint appointments in the departments of 
     Organismal Biology and Anatomy, and the Geophysical Sciences, as well 
     as in the Committee on Evolutionary Biology, and the College.  He is 
     widely recognized for his work on designing science curricula for 
     nonscientists, and was one of twenty scientists in America chosen to 
     be a Sigma-Xi National Lecturer from 1989-91.  His scholarly interests 
     focus on comparative biomechanics, particularly physical constraints 
     on the evolutionary process.  Fieldwork has taken him to Africa, 
     Jamaica, Fiji, and the San Juan Islands.  At home, in front of the TV, 
     Mike has applied his scholarly insight to those B-movie science 
     fiction creatures that populate the midnight airwaves.  His thoughts 
     on movie monsters, dinosaurs, and the mechanical consequence of size 
     will be featured in a new PBS series "M:  The Mathematical Universe", 
     to be aired this year.
     
     Thanks.
     
     Carol Kazmer