Videos

Barbara Ehrenreich explores the science behind how the body ages. She is interviewed by New York Times science reporter Natalie Angier.

Natalie Angier talked about her book The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science, published by Houghton Mifflin. She drew on conversations with hundreds of the world’s top…

Moderated by Mr. Flatow, award-winning writers talked about their writing experiences and the difficulties associated with science as subject matter. Sobel is the author of Longitude and oth…

Moderated by producer of “Beyond the Moon,” Ann Marie Cunningham, award-winning writers talked about the role of science writers as gatekeepers of knowledge. They talked about such topics as…

James Gleik, the co-editor, and three other contributors talked about the book The Best American Science Writing 2000, published by Ecco Press. The book is a new collection of 19 magazine es…

Authors talked about the craft of writing and how and why they chose subject material. They also spoke about their experiences in writing their books. Following their remarks they answered q…

Finalists from various categories of the National Book Awards read from their works. Among the finalists were authors Paul Coates, Judith Thurman, Patricia Henley, Kimberly Willis Holt, Mark…

The subject of discussion at the VIRGINIA FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK was The Art of Telling Science Authors Edwin Barber,Vice President & Senior Editor,W.W.Norton & Company Douglas Starr…