[AANC Contacts] Cal Academy Volunteer Request, Double Dean Lectures Tonight and Tomorrow and Last Mt. Tam Program of Season

[Kenneth Frank]

Hello All,

The end of summer and the beginning of the school year means lots of events.  We hope you 
can make them all.

See you in the fog,

Ken Frank
AANC VP

This from Dirk Lammerts, SFAA President:
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS - You Can Be a Part of the Historic Reopening of the Academy and the 
Morrison Planetarium!
The SFAA is supporting the opening with astronomical activities throughout the weekend. We 
will have our own booth and we would like your help!
Please sign up for one or more time slots listed below to help conduct our activities to 
choose from: solar observing, telescope demonstration, your specific Club
hand out, (We're expecting 50 to 60k people!) so expect good Bay Area coverage, planet and 
galaxy distance demonstrations, mirror grinding and general astronomy information. 
Saturday & or Sunday 8:30am-11am  Email: academyevent at sfaa-astronomy.org
Thank you for your support!

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 From Katie Berryhill:
We've received a nice offer from the JCC for our Dean Series patrons  to pay JCCSF member 
price for two special lectures this week.

String Theorist Brian Greene
Wed, Sep 10
8:00 PM
Member $15 · Public $18 · Student $10
Tickets:  www.jccsf.org or 415.292.1233 (use code JCCSPE for JCC  Member Price)

In conversation with Timothy Ferris, author of Seeing in the Dark, The  Whole Shebang and 
Coming of Age in the Milky Way

Join internationally acclaimed physicist Brian Greene for an  illuminating evening of 
scientific inquiry. Greene is the bestselling  author of The Elegant Universe and The 
Fabric of the Cosmos. His new  book, Icarus at the Edge of Time, is a fable about fathers 
and sons,  curiosity and wisdom, and the irresistible complexity of the universe.
"Perhaps the single best explainer of abstruse science in the world  today." - The 
Washington Post

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Steven Pinker
Thu, Sep 11
8:00 PM
Member $15 · Public $18 · Student $10
Tickets:  www,jccsf.org or 415.292.1233 (use code JCCSPE for JCC  Member Price)

The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature

Steven Pinker's witty and refreshing take on scientific questions about language and 
thought earned him a spot on TIME magazine's list  of 100 most important people in the 
world. Find out why when the  Harvard psychology professor and bestselling author (The 
Blank Slate)  discusses his new book,The Stuff of Thought. Pinker's fascinating  insights 
about human nature and language will appeal to fans of  everything from The Tipping Point 
to Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
"Pinker is a star, and the world of science is lucky to have him." -  Richard Dawkins

JCCSF
3200 California Street, San Francisco
Box Office: 415.292.1233
www.jccsf.org

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Finally this from Tinka Ross:
MT TAM ENTHUSIASTS -

The last Mt Tam Astronomy Program for the 2008 season will be Saturday, October 4 at 
7:30pm in the Mountain Theatre. The speakers, Dr. Joel Primack and  Nancy Abrams, 
developed and have co-taught a course in "Cosmology and  Culture"? at UC Santa Cruz since 
1996.  Their talk will be a multimedia presentation, in which Joel presents new 
cosmological ideas and Nancy discusses their meaning and relevance, performs her own 
songs, and leading the audience in guided contemplations to help them  visualize the 
ideas. This will be a very exciting program to end the season. Come and be inspired by 
"The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the 
Cosmos".    Telescope viewing courtesy of SFAA/SFSA will follow the talk, weather permitting.

Note the earlier starting time!  Car pool if possible.  Oct is usually one of our warmer 
months, but dress in  layers in case the fog comes in.  Hot line if the weather is 
questionable:  415-289-NOFOG.

The 2009 Astronomical Pocket Diary has arrived and will be on sale at  the program for 
$10.  Or send in your order (add $1 per calendar for  handling and postage) to Mt Tam 
Astronomy Programs, c/o Tinka Ross, 89  Dominican Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901.

Thank you for sharing this information with others.  See you on the  Mountain!