Established in 1969 and based in Johannesburg, Science Fiction and Fantasy South Africa (SFFSA) is a club for fans of both science fiction and fantasy. Membership benefits include monthly meetings, annual mini-conventions, an extensive library, a quarterly Probe fanzine, the Nova short story competition, and much more! International and national members are more than welcome.
Join us for a talk by Dr Madelein Patzelt entitled “Space Rocks!” Madelein will be presenting on meteorites and meteorite impacts on Earth.
She started her studies at Randse Afrikaanse University (RAU) in geology and chemistry then moving to University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) for postgraduate and then finishing her PhD at WWU Munster, Institute for Mineralogy, Germany. After studies she worked at
- BASF (trace and ultra trace analysis of super pure chemicals for the electronics sector).
- Recycling company HMG in Goslar (lab and sampling manager, quality control, audits)
- BGE as scientific advisor (retrieval of emplaced waste in the Asse, Long term safety assessment)
Afterwards we will be watching Evolution, a 2001 American science fiction comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by David Diamond and David Weissman, based on a story by Don Jakoby. The film stars David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Julianne Moore, and Ted Levine in lead roles. The plot follows college professor Ira Kane (Duchovny) and geologist Harry Block (Jones) as they investigate a meteor crash in Arizona, only to discover that it harbours rapidly evolving extraterrestrial life forms.
Saturday, March 21st at 14h45 for 15h00.
Venus is Nexus at 21 Harley St, Ferndale, Randburg.
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Meeting ID: 8816 0798 014
