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"How to Spend A Quiet Evening with a Potato" (IP)
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"How to Spend a Quiet Evening with a Potato"
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
2:00 pm MacColl Room
First Presbyterian Church
201 S. 21st St.
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The title of this talk is taken from a paper by one of the giants of plant biology and genetics, Dr. Edgar Anderson. An alternative title might be "Celery, I thought I knew you". Anderson's point was this: in understanding the structure of a potato, "you have made a beginning at understanding for yourself the world around you. The world looks chaotic; deeper study shows us the order in it; with still deeper and more intensive study we are able to understand enough of the order underneath the apparent chaos so as to work with it rather than against it." An understanding of plant anatomy will fortify you against the chaos of this time! This program will introduce you to information about plants and how this information can help you to understand more about the world around you.
Dr.Scott Poethig is the John and Margaret Fassitt professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to his research on the genetics of plant development, he teaches a course on the Biology of Food. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and received the Lindback prize for teaching from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Registration Info
Registration is required before Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This program will be held in the MacColl Room of the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, 201 South 21st Street, on the southeast corner of Walnut. The entrance is on the side of the building off of 21st Street. There is an accessible entrance behind the building off of Chancellor St.
This program is free of charge to our members and volunteer partners. Non-member guests are welcome to attend up to three programs before being required to join and/or volunteer with Penn’s Village, or pay $10 per additional program.
If you cannot register online, you may email info@pennsvillage.org or call 215-925-7333. If you register but find that you cannot attend, please cancel your reservation to make room for others.
Group photos may be taken during this event.
Registration cancellations will be accepted
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