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Tuesday September 07th, 2010

Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley

Mary Roach, author of "Stiff", "Bonk", and "Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void"

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Date
Monday August 9th 2010   This event has concluded.
WhereHistoric Hoover Theatre - 1635 Park Avenue - San Jose, CA
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Time6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Cost$10 Members; $15 Non-Members
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Event Description She took us into the world of cadavers and examined the anatomy, physiology, and psychology behind sex. Now, Roach discovers the surreal, bizarre, and weirdness of space. Like what happens when you've been in space for a year? And is it possible for a human body to survive a bailout at 17,000 miles per hour?

From the space shuttle training toilet to NASA's crash simulation tests, Roach explores the strange universe of space travel and life without gravity.
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Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley
The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum, bringing together its more than 18,000 members for over 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy.

Founded in 1903, The Commonwealth Club has played host to a diverse and distinctive array of speakers, from Teddy Roosevelt in 1911 to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor Alec Baldwin and author Christopher Hitchens in recent years. Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Bill Gates have all given landmark speeches at The Club.

As a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization, The Commonwealth Club relies on the support of its membership, the Business Council and foundation grants to continue its role in fostering open public discussion in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the nation via radio, Internet and television.

The Club has offices in San Francisco and San Jose, with regular events in both cities, as well as programs in the East and North Bay.

For members outside the Bay Area, The Club's weekly radio broadcast - the oldest in the U.S., dating back to 1924 - is carried across the nation on public radio stations. Our web site archive features audio of our recent programs, as well as selected speeches from our long and distinguished history.
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