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DTSTART:20080923T170500Z
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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
SUMMARY:Native American science\, technology\, engineering\, and mathe
 matics before 1492\, Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar\, John Gustafson\
 , Independent Scholar formerly of Fond du Lac Tribal & Community Colle
 ge\, Cloquet\, MN
DESCRIPTION:A survey of Native Americans' accomplishments in what we c
 all the fields of science\, technology\, engineering\, and mathematics
  (STEM) reveals an impressive list\, a list of accomplishments that ca
 n serve as a new and attractive perspective to teach STEM to STEM-phob
 ic students. In addition\, the perspective provides new insights into 
 other problems. For example\,Europeans arriving in 1492 were small in 
 number\, yet they soon dominated the Americas.  Jared Diamond hypothes
 ized that European technology had something to do with it. By looking 
 at the pre-1492 Native American STEM-like accomplishments\, we may be 
 able to deduce more of why Europeans "went chaotic."<br>
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1268
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