Science / Medicine : Museum Focusing on Blacks in Science
Benjamin Banneker, the mathematician, astronomer and surveyor who helped plan Washington, D.C., and Dr. Charles Drew, who first developed the use of blood plasma, are just two of the often overlooked black scientists in American history.
A new exhibit at the California Museum of Science and Industry, “Black Achievers in Science,” profiles the important contributions of black scientists, engineers and physicians in their fields and encourages others to pursue careers in the sciences.
The exhibit is currently at the Discovery Gallery and will continue through Jan. 8, 1989. Phone (213) 744-7400.
ORNITHOLOGY
Gerry Haigh of the Audubon Society will lead a field trip to Topanga Canyon State Park to view migrating birds and resident species of the area on Nov. 6. Phone (213) 876-0202.
Featuring photographic displays, slides and sounds of the loon, the San Bernardino County Museum will have a special multimedia lecture on the northern loons as part of its Sensational Saturday program at 3 p.m. on Nov. 5. Phone (714) 792-1334.
MARINE SCIENCE
Do penguins shiver? The question and other puzzles of the Antarctic ecosystem will be the topics discussed by Ruth Musgrave, education specialist with San Diego’s Sea World, in the first of a series of lectures sponsored by the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Visitors will also meet a life-size inflatable whale at this event to be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the museum. Phone (805) 966-7107.
ASTRONOMY
Amateur astronomers and novice telescope users who want to learn more about the use and care of a telescope can do so at the 15th Telescope User’s Clinic sponsored by Western Observatorium Inc. The daylong event begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Rio Hondo College in Whittier. Phone (213) 698-0478.
Members and friends of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society and the Sierra Club will be viewing the constellations and planets of the night sky in a star party at Rocky Oaks Park on Nov. 5. Phone (213) 926-4071.
PHYSICS
“High Temperature Superconductivity” will be the subject of a lecture by David Goodstein, professor of physics and Caltech’s vice provost, in the next Watson Lecture at 8 p.m. on Wednesday in Beckman Auditorium on the Caltech campus. Phone (818) 356-4652.
MISCELLANEOUS
As part of its ongoing 75th Anniversary celebration, the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History is having a party, complete with docents dressed in period costumes, and other special activities. Entrance to the museum and the ongoing anniversary exhibit, “The Museum at 75: A Retrospective” will be free for this all-day event, beginning at 11 a.m. on Nov. 6. Phone (213) 744-3466.
