Event #2

LASER

     My friend Zach Sweeney and I decided we would go to view the LASER exhibit for our 2nd event. Unfortunately, the room filled up very quickly and we had to sit way in the back of the room. The speakers did not have the most clear English so it was actually very hard to hear or understand what the speakers were saying. I also took pictures of an exhibit that was on display on the first floor as I knew I would have a lack of info for this assignment if I just went off of what I heard during the presentation. I did not get the name of the first speaker, but I actually did get some good information that pertains to some of the discussions that we have in this class. 

     

     Although I did not get the speaker's name, I wrote down some of the interesting points that I heard her talk about. The most intriguing thing that she said was that, "90% of our cells are not human cells but microbial cells." In our class, we talk about DNA and even things that can change our bodies like plastic surgery. I found it very interesting that these cells that we are changing are more often than not microbial cells and not even human cells. Another thing I found interesting that she said was that nature is cultural. "How we interact with nature and what we do with it is entirely up to us." I thought this was a great way to talk about how art and nature collide. Almost every painting you see is a depiction of nature, and a good amount of photographs are featuring nature as well. It is our job to protect nature, or if we want to, destroy it. The world is in our hands and we have the ability to do whatever we want with it. I am very glad that we are taking pictures of nature and drawing landscapes as opposed to tearing it down!

     Since this was about all the info I got from the LASER event, the display on the ground floor was also very pertinent to our class material. This exhibit below shows how math is necessary for science and medicine. I do not have any idea what some of the phrases and mathematical terms mean in some of the pictures that I saw at the exhibit, which just shows how advanced medicine is and how reliant it is on extremely experienced professionals in the mathematics and medicinal fields.