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Foresight: How the Chemistry of Life Reveals Planning and Purpose

Featuring Brazilian chemist Dr. Marcos Eberlin

In his extraordinary new book, Foresight: How the Chemistry of Life Reveals Planning and Purpose, renowned Brazilian chemist Marcos Eberlinexplores a gold rush of recent scientific discoveries that pose a grave challenge to modern evolutionary theory. Drawing on his expertise as former president of the International Mass Spectrometry Foundation, Dr. Eberlin uncovers a myriad of artful solutions to major engineering challenges in the biological realm, solutions that point beyond blind evolution to the workings of an attribute unique to minds — foresight.

Come hear Dr. Eberlin speak on his new book in Colorado on May 6! 

When

Monday, May 6, 7:00 PM

Where

Room: “The Grove”
Mission Hills Church (Littleton Campus)
620 SouthPark Dr.
Littleton, CO 80120


Marcos Nogueira Eberlin

Senior Fellow, Center for Science and Culture
A member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Marcos Eberlin received his PhD in chemistry from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and served as a postdoc at Purdue University. Back at UNICAMP, he founded and coordinated for 25 years the ThoMSon Mass Spectrometry (MS) Laboratory, making it an internationally recognized research center, one of the best-equipped and innovative MS laboratories worldwide. Eberlin has published nearly 1,000 scientific articles and is a recipient of many awards and honors, including the title of Commander of the National Order of Scientific Merit (2005) from Brazil’s President, the Zeferino Vaz Award (2002) for excellence in teaching and research.

This event is co-sponsored by the Colorado Chapter of the Science & Culture Network and Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture. For questions, contact scncolorado@discovery.org.