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David Baron talked about his book American Eclipse: A Nation’s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World, in which he reports on the solar eclipse of 1878 and …

In his book Alex Prud’homme questions the safety, quality, and future availability of fresh water as consumption doubles every twenty years. Mr. Prud’homme examines the current water infrast…

Representative Diana Degette talked about her book,Sex, Science, and Stem Cells, published by The Lyons Press. She argues in her book that the Bush administration has politicized science and…

Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberge talked about their book Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility, published by Houghton Mifflin Co. The authors …

Senator and Mrs. John Kerry talked about their book, This Moment on Earth: Today’s New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future, published by PublicAffairs. They talked about curren…

Author 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…

Jeff Goodell talked about his book Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future, published by Houghton Mifflin. During this event, Mr. Goodell examined the environmental, politi…

Richard Rhodes talked about his biography John James Audubon: The Making of an American, published by Alfred A. Knopf, which explained the art and life of the naturalist and artist. Mr. Rho…

Author Jeffrey Lockwood talked about his book, Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That Shaped the American Frontier, published by Basic Books. In the bo…

A panel discussed the book The Ambushed Grand Jury: How the Justice Department Covered Up Government Nuclear Crime; And How We Caught Them Red Handed, published by Apex Press. From 1952 to …

Mr. Greene talked about his book, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality, published by Knopf. The author examined the development of the modern scientific underst…