Big Muddy Speaker Series

Presentation by author Nicholas P. Money, PhD, Miami University

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 

Where – Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center – 4750 Troost Ave, KCMO

6 p.m. – Social Hour
7 p.m. – Presentation. Presentation will be filmed 

PLUS – This presentation audio will be streaming live on KCDV.tv!
(See past videos here)

Presentation is FREE and open to the public!

Faith in our senses has led to fundamental misunderstandings about the meaning of life. We see an elephant but the amoeba in the mud beneath its feet is more important for the health of the planet. We miscast ourselves too, regarding Homo sapiens as the principal marvel of creation. In fact, we are complex ecosystems, part animal part microbe, with trillions of bacteria in our gut that fuel our metabolism and even influence our thoughts. In this presentation, Professor Nicholas Money offers an overview of the microbial hegemony on earth and describes his recent research linking fungal spores to rainfall.

Nicholas Money is a professor at Miami University and the author of the recent book “The Amoeba in the Room – Lives of the Microbes”

Nicholas P. Money, PhD, is an Anglo-American gentleman of letters and professor at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is an expert on fungal growth and reproduction. Nicholas has authored a number of popular science books that celebrate the diversity of the microbial world, including “Mr. Bloomfield’s Orchard” (2002), and “The Amoeba in the Room” (2014). His first novel, “The Mycologist: The Diary of Bartholomew Leach, Professor of Natural Philosophy,” is a comedy of errors and will be published in 2017.

This poster was created for Nik’s presentation.

Directions

Anita Gorman Conservation Discovery Center – 4750 Troost Ave, Kansas City, MO 64110

Just a 10-minute walk from the Plaza shopping area, the Discovery Center is a unique, hands-on, urban conservation education center located on eight acres in the heart of Kansas City. It is on Troost Ave., between Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd and Volker Blvd.

From the East (I-70) – 

• Take I-70 East to Exit 8A to merge onto I-435 S (toward Wichita). 
• Take exit 65 for Eastwood Tfwy and turn right onto Eastwood. 
• Turn right onto Blue Pkwy (turns into Swope Pkwy then Volker Blvd) and continue 3.4 miles to Troost Ave.
• Take a right on Troost Ave. then a left into the Discovery Center – 4750 Troost Ave.

From Downtown – 

• From I-70, head south on Hwy 71.
• After 4 miles, use the right lane to take exit 190 toward Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd/Swope Pkwy. Take a right onto Emanual Cleaver II Blvd. 
• Turn left onto Troost Ave. Take a right into the Discovery Center – 4750 Troost Ave.

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