Rocky Mountain Molecules

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Old Town Library
Large Meeting Room Combo

Event Details

Chemical Stories from the High Country This photo-illustrated essay for general audiences poses essential questions about observable natural phenomena common to the Colorado Front Range and the Rocky Mountains. Questions such as: * If God is not a Broncos fan then why are sunsets orange? * Why do ponderosa pines smell like cheap ice cream? * Breaking Bad on the Colorado Plateau? Seriously? * Why is Long’s Peak little more than a huge chunk of oxygen? * Rattlesnake venom: What is it and why are there two kinds? * Why do aspens undergo seasonal color changes? Rocky Mountain Molecules offers information about more than molecules. It explores connections between chemistry, nature, poetry, history, classic literature, popular culture, music and much more. What can Martin Luther King, J.K. Rowling, Robert Frost, Walter White and Laura Ingles Wilder teach us about the chemistry right in front of our eyes?
Event Type(s): Programs
Age Group(s): Adults, Teens
Norman Fitzpatrick
(970) 221-6740