'Hidden tales of the periodic table' topic of talk March 28
by Kathleen McCoy |
Monday, March 28, 1-2:30 p.m.
UAA Campus Bookstore
Author Sam Kean speaks about "Love, bubbles, bombs, money, poison, crime and even science: The hidden tales of the periodic table" at the UAA Campus Bookstore on Monday, March 28 from 1-2:30 p.m.
Kean authored the best-selling book, "The Disappearing Spoon." The tales in Kean's book follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold and every element on the periodic table as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, medicine and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them.
Kean is a correspondent for Science magazine. His work has appeared in The New York Times magazine, Mental Floss and Slate, and he has appeared on NPR's "All Things Considered" and "On Point," among other shows.
This event, a part of the 2011 Spring Lecture Series for Complex Systems, is free and open to the public. Parking for UAA Campus Bookstore events is always free.
For more information, please contact Rachel Epstein at (907) 786-4782 or anre@uaa.alaska.edu.
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