American Association for the Advancement of Science meets to mark IYA2009
21 October 2009
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Caribbean Division will convene on 24 October in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a programme to explore the importance and impact of astronomy in Latin America and beyond.
This meeting's theme -"Astronomy and the Origin of Life"- links IYA2009 with the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, and the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's masterwork, "On the Origin of Species".
For more information, please visit: http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2009/1016cd_advance.shtml
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