The Size and Shape of Nature: Family Program at the Harvard

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Hours:	2:00pm
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$ see below
Category:	Nature & Outdoors

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, 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. Adults: $9.00; seniors and students $7.00; $6.00 ages 3-18; under 3 free

WEBSITE

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www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/index.php

LOCATION

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26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, 02138 map
Phone: 617.495.3045