Besides being a pioneer, a genius, and one of the rare scientists who is as comfortable in front of a crowd as she is in an African jungle, Jane Goodall is one foxy lady. (I must've seen her in a National Geographic at some sexually formative age.) She's an unconventional scientist—and has been criticized for giving her chimps names instead of numbers—but her mind and heart have collaborated on one of the most admirable careers of the 20th century. Goodall has a new book called Hope for Animals and Their World, about successes and failures in the bringing-animals-back-from-extinction racket. Discussed: Asian vultures, giant pandas, Mongolian miniature horses, American whooping cranes, and more. The event is sold out, but you can linger by the back door for an autograph and a kiss. (Theo Chocolate, 3400 Phinney Ave N, 624-6600. 12:30 pm, $50.)