The Size and Shape of Nature

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Dates:	Sunday, December 13, 2009
Hours:	2:00pm
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free see below
Category:	Animals

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 allow us to understand life's variations. Free with museum admission.

COST

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Free with museum admission.

WEBSITE

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www.hmnh.harvard.edu

LOCATION

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26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, 02138 map

26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138