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PRIMATOLOGYSpeaker: Frans B.M. de Waal, Ph.D.

A Darwinian View of the MoralEmotions in Man and Animals 

Thomas Huxley held that we are born nastyand selfsh. Charles Darwin, diered, believing incontinuity between animals’social instincts andhuman morality. Learn how modern psychologyand neuroscience support Darwin’s view.Join Dr. de Waal and review the evidencesupporting the view that the building blockso morality are older than humanity.

On the Possibility of Animal Empathy 

Learn about expressions o empathy inanimals. Dr. de Waal will present a “Russiandoll” model o how animals perceive others.

This model permits responses to be gearedspecically to the other’s situation, thusincreasing the eectiveness o sympatheticsupport, care, and reassurance, as observedin dolphins, apes, and elephants. Absorbprimatology’s observations o emotionallymediated interactions, and explore the latestthinking on animal empathy.

What Primates Know About and LearnFrom Each Other 

Primates live in complex societies in whichthey compete, try to become dominant, butalso help riends and kin. We’ll take a look atrecent experiments on the role o policing byhigh-ranking peacekeepers -- how primatesdistinguish gender, and what primates learnrom each other. Delve into the up andcoming ield o “cultural primatology” and

ind out about the surprising oundations oprimate societies. THE ANCIENTS AND CHEMISTRY

Speaker: Patrick E. McGovern, Ph.D.

Uncorking The Past: The Quest For Wine,

Beer, and Extreme Fermented Beverages 

Drawing upon recent archaeological discoveries, molecular and DNA sleuthing,and the texts and art o long-orgottenpeoples, you’ll take an in-depth look at thearchaeological study o ancient ermentedbeverages, rom residues on a potsherdto laboratory analyses to commercialre-creations o ancient brews. You’ll gain arenewed appreciation o ermented beverages’role in the world’s collective heritage.

Royal Purple: The Dye of Gods And kings 

Enter a mythical past with Dr. Patrick McGovern, and explore the most valuabledye o antiquity, Royal Purple. The storyis about chance discovery and pioneeringbiomolecular archaeological investigation inproducing direct chemical documentationo true molluscan Purple. You’ll learn howintense interdisciplinary research illuminateda luxury product o antiquity, whose colorstill captivates.

The First Wine: An ArchaeochemicalDetective Story 

Grape wine, the premier ermented beverage oMediterranean and Near Eastern civilizationswith its medicinal beneits and psychotropiceects, was discovered early in humanprehistory. Biomolecular archaeology nowreveals the beginnings o the Near Eastern“wine culture” and how wine eventuallyspread worldwide. See wine as an elemento religions, socio-economies, cuisines, and

ASTROPHYSICS, ASTRONOMY,AND RELATIVITYSpeakers: Richard Wolfson, Ph.D.,

Marc Davis, Ph.D.

Einstein in a Nutshell 

Does it “take an Einstein to understand”

Einstein’s ideas? No! Einstein’s theory orelativity is based on an idea so simple it canbe stated in a single English sentence. Fromthat simple idea ollow conclusions thathave revolutionized our notions o space,time, and causality. Learn how the seeminglybizarre and sometimes paradoxical resultso relativity are logical consequences o thetheory’s underlying simple principle.

The Search For Exoplanets 

In the past decade research has shown thatplanets are very common to stars like our own.Take an in depth look at the major researchbeing done by NASA’s Kepler spacecrat. Learnhow the Kepler, Spitzer, and Hubble programsdier in their search or exoplanets.

Gravitational Lensing

 A 1918 solar eclipse made Einstein a celeb-rity when it conirmed his prediction that thesun can bend light, now called gravitational

BRIGHT HORIZONS11JANUARY 14–21, 2012 X EAST CARIBBEAN X www.InsightCruises.com/sciam11

 Arecibo Observatory

Exercise your science curiosity in the surprisingly suitable Caribbean.

Cast o on Bright Horizons 11 and explore a slate o science topics

inspired by the islands. Based on Holland America Line’s m.s. Eurodam,

our community o science experts and science bus head or tropical

climes, January 14–21, 2012, round-trip Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Take a cue rom our island journey and delve into the orm and unction

o owers and plant evolution on islands with Dr. Spencer Barrett. Open a

door to thought provoking developments in primatology with Dr. Frans

de Waal. Enjoy the ruit o crossdisciplinary work in bioarchaeology when

Dr. Patrick McGovern details discoveries about ancient ermented bever-

ages. Dr. Marc Davis guides us through physical cosmology and the latest

on the search or exoplanets. Explore sun science and energy utures,

and grasp “Einstein in a Nutshell” through Dr. Richard Wolson’s sessions.

We’ll go behind the scenes at the Arecibo radio telescope on an optional

excursion with briefngs on the radio astronomy, planetary radar and

climatology research there. Plus, we’ll boldly go where ordinary visitors are

not permitted at the telescope, using the password “Scientifc American”.

See what’s brewing in astrophysics and climatology, primatology, botany,

and bioarchaeology. Add vivid colors and beautiul beaches, elegant

dining and gracious service, sunsets and un with riends, and you have

the Bright Horizons 11 picture. Please join us! For ull details, email

concierge@insightcruises.com or call (650) 787-5665.

Cruise prices vary from $699 for an Interior Stateroom to $2,699 for a

Deluxe Suite, per person. For those attending our program, there is a

$1,475 fee. Government taxes, port fees, and InSight Cruises’ service charge

are $183.80 per person. For more info please call 650-787-5665 or

email us at Concierge@InSightCruises.com

lensing. Dr. Marc Davis will present thebasics on gravitational lenses, relate the dis-coveries they’ve acilitated and show someabulous examples o this phenomenon.

Galaxies and the Clustering of GalaxiesSurvey the cosmic terrain and the large-scale structure o the universe. Get a handle

on landmarks such as the Great Wall andthe gigantic clusters o galaxies connected toeach other by huge laments and voids. Howdid this structure originate? With Dr. Davisas your guide you’ll get a grasp o thesurprising cosmography o the universe.

Why Does Our Universe Have a Beginning?We know that the universe is 13.7 billionyears old. Why is it that old? Why does ithave a beginning? The best answer, infation,is so convincing that all cosmologists believein inlation, in spite o its speculative nature.its support, and alternative theories so youcan enjoy the conrmations and developmentsto come.

Wild Sun!Our Sun seems a stable, reliable star, but

actually seethes with activity. Violent eruptionssend high-energy particles into interplanetaryspace. These solar storms damage satellitesand disrupt communications and terrestrialpower systems. New spacecrat oer anunprecedented look at our star’s activity.Explore new discoveries about the Sun andabout the intimate link between Sun andEarth that recent imaging and technologyadvances have made possible.

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