Where:
Arnold Arboretum
125 Arborway
Boston, MA 02130
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1613&DayPlannerDate=10/18/2017
Lorna Gibson, PhD, Matoula S. Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
What do you get from a bird-lover who is a materials science engineer? A close look at feathers. In this second installment of On the Wing, Lorna Gibson discusses how down keeps a bird warm, how the structure of the feather shaft reduces its weight, and how adaptations of flight feathers produce or suppress sound.
Fee Free, registration requested