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From diseases and disasters to the miracles wrought by evolution, the environmental forces that shape our lives are the inspiration for countless science writers. This event featured five award-winning authors whose best-selling books explore the complicated interplay of science, ethics, history and social responsibility. Fiction and non-fiction—whether set in the past, present or future— both offer fascinating perspectives on our struggle with nature, and the power of science to see us through.Learn More
TOPICS: Art & Science, Science in Society
TAGS: 2016, best science books, Dan Fagin, David Quammen, Diane Ackerman, Fiction, Neal Stephenson, Neal Stephenson New York City, non-fiction, NYC, past, physics, present or future, Rebecca Skloot, science and story, science writers, Seveneves, story telling of science, story with science, string theory, The Chimp and the River, The Human Age, Toms River
PLAYLISTS: Science & the Arts
Video Duration: 01:15:32
Original Program Date: Thursday, May 28, 2015
From diseases and disasters to the miracles wrought by evolution, the environmental forces that shape our lives are the inspiration for countless science writers. This event featured five award-winning authors whose best-selling books explore the complicated interplay of science, ethics, history and social responsibility. Fiction and non-fiction—whether set in the past, present or future— both offer fascinating perspectives on our struggle with nature, and the power of science to see us through.Learn More
TOPICS: Art & Science, Biology & Origins of Life, Earth & Environment, Mind & Brain, Physics & Math, Science in Society, Science Unplugged, Space & The Cosmos, Technology & Engineering, Your Daily Equation, Youth & Education
TAGS: 2016, best science books, Dan Fagin, David Quammen, Diane Ackerman, Fiction, Neal Stephenson, Neal Stephenson New York City, non-fiction, NYC, past, physics, present or future, Rebecca Skloot, science and story, science writers, Seveneves, story telling of science, story with science, string theory, The Chimp and the River, The Human Age, Toms River, 2016, best science books, Dan Fagin, David Quammen, Diane Ackerman, Fiction, Neal Stephenson, Neal Stephenson New York City, non-fiction, NYC, past, physics, present or future, Rebecca Skloot, science and story, science writers, Seveneves, story telling of science, story with science, string theory, The Chimp and the River, The Human Age, Toms River
PLAYLISTS: Science & the Arts
Video Duration: 01:15:32
Original Program Date: Thursday, May 28, 2015
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