Spring 2019 OLLI Catalog

PEER-LED CLASSES (Omnilore)
Common Reading:
The Ocean of Life:
The Fate of Man and the Sea
by Callum Roberts (2012)
(OCN) What Are We Doing To/For Our Ocean?
The sea feeds and sustains us, but everywhere marine life is under
threat, from Caribbean reefs to arctic fisheries to the deepest
regions of the sea. This SDG discusses the history of the ocean,
fishing, the importance of marine life to humanity and how humanity
is impacting it and the ocean themselves. Each SDG
member will select a topic and lead a discussion. The topic can be
an expansion of one presented in the book (shifting currents, dead
zones, conservation projects, resource management, etc.) or an
ocean related topic not covered by the book. In the end this SDG’s
goal is a better understanding of how we are both damaging and
repairing the ocean that lies right beside us covering 70 percent of
our planet.
Common Reading:
The Perfectionists: How Precision
Engineers Created the Modern
World, by Simon Winchester
(May 2018)
(PRF) The Perfectionists: How Precision
Engineers Created The Modern World
Precision: The Industrial Age could not have happened without it,
let alone the Digital Age! In eighteenth-century England, standards
of measurement were established, giving way to the development
of machine tools—machines that make machines. Eventually, the
application of precision tools and methods resulted in the creation
and mass production of items from guns and glass to mirrors,
lenses, and cameras—and then gave way to further breakthroughs,
like gene splicing, microchips, and the Hadron Collider.
Come meet England’s early scientific geniuses (along with early
locksmiths, gunsmiths, and clockmakers) and learn how Thomas
Jefferson helped import their ideas into the fledgling US, setting
the nation on its course to become a manufacturing titan.
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