Panel Discussion on Science and Technology
Panelists talked about science and technology. Panelists included Michael Hiltzik, author of Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the…
Panel Discussion on Science Writing
2015-04-18T18:08:24-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/56b/20150418181052002_hd.jpgAmir Alexander, Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World; Michael Benson, Cosmigraphics: Picturing Space Through Time; and Martin Blaser, Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling Our Modern Plagues, talked about their books on science. The panel was moderated by Michael Shermer, author of The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom.“Writing Big Science” was a panel from the 2015 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, and took place at the Hancock Foundation building on the campus of the University of Southern California.
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Panel Discussion on Science Writing Amir Alexander, Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World; Michael Benson, Cosmigraphics: Picturing Space Through Time; and Martin Blaser, Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling Our Modern Plagues, talked about their books on science. The panel was moderated by Michael Shermer, author of The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom.
“Writing Big Science” was a panel from the 2015 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, and took place at the Hancock Foundation building on the campus of the University of Southern California. close
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- Amir Alexander Adjunct Associate Professor University of California, Los Angeles->History Department
- Michael Benson Author
- Martin Blaser Professor New York University->School of Medicine
- Michael Shermer Founding Publisher Skeptic Magazine
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