Joint San Francisco ASME/AIChE Dinner Meeting

Take a Nebula, Condense and Stir Norm Sperling Wednesday, September 15, 1999 - 6:00 - 9:00 PM Old Spaghetti Factory, 62 Jack London Square, Oakland Learn how stars, planets, comets, asteroids, moons and meteorites all come from the same recipe. Most of their differences come from the processes they undergo, their mass and how hot they got inside. Norm Sperling presents a lively description to explain the processes and distinctions for these heavenly bodies. About the Speaker: Norm teaches astronomy at Sonoma State, Merrit College, and UC Berkeley. He lectures at the Morrison Planetarium. He is the current editor of Bay Area Skeptics, has published numerous articles and provided expert testimony on the subject. He has also been editor of Sky and Telescope (1976 ­ 1981), a planetarium director, and edited two books on astronomy. Time: 6:00 PM Registration/Social Hour 6:45 PM Dinner 8:00 PM Presentation Cost: $13 Members with RSVP $15 Non-Members or no RSVP $11 Students Entrees: Baked Lasagna or Chicken Parmigiana RSVP by Monday, September 13 to SF ASME via email to rsvp@sf.asme.org or leave a message at (415) 721-4478 include your name, number of attendees and entree choice.