Author Simon Winchester explored the ways humans have gained and shared knowledge throughout history. This event was hosted by Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi.
515 viewsAuthors Simon Winchester (Knowing What We Know) and Adam Gopnik (The Real Work) discussed the human capacity for acquiring knowledge and mastering a skill. This event took place at the 2023 …
187 viewsAdam Gopnik and Simon Winchester shared their thoughts on how humans learn and share knowledge.
322 viewsAuthor Simon Winchester examined the use of land and the concept of property ownership throughout human history. This was a virtual event hosted by the Boston Athenaeum.
567 viewsSimon Winchester provided a history of technology, from the Industrial Revolution to today.
1,367 viewsAuthors Steven Johnson and Simon Winchester took part in a discussion from the 2018 Brooklyn Book Festival on innovation throughout history .
790 viewsSimon Winchester talked about his book Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World’s Superpower…
965 viewsSimon Winchester talked about his book, The Men Who United The States: America’s Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible, in which he pre…
1,285 viewsSimon Winchester talked about his book Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories. In his history of the Atlantic Ocean the author…
753 viewsSimon Winchester talked about his sweeping historical narrative of the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories.…
2,118 viewsProfessor Edmundson talks about his book Why Read?, published by Bloomsbury USA. The book is on the relationship between a liberal arts education and literature. The author writes that liter…
8,773 viewsSimon Winchester talked about his book A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906, published by HarperCollins. The book is an examination of the S…
860 viewsSimon Winchester talked about his book Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories. He responded to questions from members of the a…
523 viewsNicholson Baker talked about his book, Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization, which is a collection of previously published news items from the 1930s and 1940s…
1,397 viewsFour contributors to Invisible Giants: Fifty Americans Who Shaped the Nation But Missed the History Books, edited by Mark Carnes and published by Oxford University Press, sat down to discuss…
421 viewsThe Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom, published by Harper, recounts the life of Joseph Needham (1900-1995)…
584 viewsAuthor Simon Winchester talked about his book, The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology, published by HarperCollins. The book is the story of the first m…
926 viewsAuthors participated in a panel discussion on natural disasters. Ms. Sobel spoke about the solar system and the possible finding of a 10th planet. Professor Emanuel discussed the formation o…
234 viewsDuring the Book and Author Luncheon, fiction and nonfiction writers talked about and read from their writings. Mr. Hornby wrote A Long Way Down. Mr. Winchester wrote A Crack in the Edge of t…
128 viewsSimon Winchester talked about his book Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883, published by HarperCollins. When the Volcano named Krakatoa exploded it killed 40,000 people on…
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