Nerd Nite[28]: Third Time’s the Charm
Two veteran Nerd Nite speakers will enter. Only one will leave as the first three-time presenter…and the other one will leave as the second. What will determine the outcome? A jousting match? A pi-off? A green-beer-fueled bar-fight-battle-royale? No. The flip of a coin.
Come enjoy some of LUCID’s finest cocktails while witnessing Nerd Nite history in the making. Be there and be square!
LUCID Seattle
7:30 (Doors open at 6:30)
Admission: $5
The Art of Arms
Sasha Myerson
Focusing on blazon, the rules which govern and the language which defines medieval European heraldic arms, this talk is likely to contain:
• An argument as to why heraldry is not completely irrelevant to modern American life
• Several groan worthy puns
• Long descriptive sentences made up of strange, foreign words (much like a Starbucks coffee order)
• Some brief forays into history
• At least a few references to Monty Python, A Knight’s Tale, and likely something starring Cary Elwes
• And (drum roll, please) a coat of arms for Nerd Nite Seattle
Sasha studied Medieval Art History in college and narrowly dodged the bullet of flipping burgers for a living (can you just imagine “yay and verily, good sir, wouldst thou like fries with that?”). She very much enjoys those rare opportunities, which Nerd Nite affords her, to geek out over history and get free booze for it. Heck, she’d do it without the booze (no take backs).
How the %&$ They Work: Magnetism from Sorcery to Science in the 19th Century
Rick Clinite
They store our recordings and inspire our morning poetry. They sort our utensils and offer us vague medical promises in airline catalogs. But this talk is about what magnets were to Western society two hundred years ago: an obsession of doctors, mathematicians, mechanics and adventuring explorers. Subverting quackery, enduring class discrimination and escaping from war prisons, the scientists of the 19th century were able to compile their findings and produce a theory that brought magnetism from a navigational aid to understanding the basic structure of the Universe.
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