The E. coli epidemic spreads today to the Bay Area. Please come out to Kepler’s to hear me talk about Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life.
Originally published June 2, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
Author: Lori Jia
One of the best things to come out of blogging is the blog book club. (See, for example, the book club at Talking Points Memo.) In the bad old days, the only way writers could respond to books was with a one-shot book review. A blog book club, on the other hand, allows writers to have public conversations about books and the issues they raise. It also makes room for readers to get into the discussion as well.
Unfortunately, until now blog book clubs have mostly been dedicated to politics. Scienceblogs is now rectifying this imbalance with the launch of the Scienceblogs Book Club. And, oh frabjous day, the first title they’ve chosen to discuss is my new book, Microcosm.
I’m heading cross-country to talk about Microcosm. First stop–Powell’s bookstore in Portland tonight. Never been there before, so I’m looking forward to a bibliophile’s pilgrimage. Hope to see Portlanders there!
Originally published June 1, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
In case you couldn’t make it to my World Science Festival panel this afternoon, check out my conversation with co-panelist/journalist/book author Peter Pringle on bloggingheads.
Originally published May 31, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
I’m heading to the New York Botanical Gardens to moderate a World Science Festival panel on crops, biodiversity, seed banks, and the amazing life of the Soviet scientist Nikolai Vavilov. (For some background, see this New Yorker article from last year.)
If you come to the panel, stick around for the Cafe Scientifique afterwards. And check out the “Darwin’s Garden” exhibit. You’ll find me snooping around the cycads and ferns.
Originally published May 31, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.