Here’s the video of last night’s science-writing event at the MIT Museum. Thanks to everyone who made it possible!
Originally published May 4, 2011. Copyright 2011 Carl Zimmer.
Today I’m in Cambridge, Mass., to take part in the Cambridge Science Festival. I’ll be speaking with Ed Yong and Hillary Rosner about how blogs, Twitter, and social media are changing science writing. I’ll play the part of the old fogey who remembers the days when modems screeched.The event will be live-streamed here, starting around 7:30 pm. Hope you can join us, virtually!
Originally published May 3, 2011. Copyright 2011 Carl Zimmer.
This Friday I’ll be on public radio, talking to Ira Flatow on Science Friday, starting around 3:40 pm EST aboutA Planet of Viruses.
Also in the good viral news department, the book has been getting good buzz in places like BoingBoing, Bytesizebio, and ERV. Thanks to all!
Originally published May 3, 2011. Copyright 2011 Carl Zimmer.
Tonight at 6 pm EST I’ll be talking about my ebook,Brain Cuttings: Fifteen Journeys Through The Mind. (Amazon /BN/ Mobipocket ). You can listen live to Your Health Connection on KSKA Public Radio, and even ask questions via phone or email.
Originally published May 2, 2011. Copyright 2011 Carl Zimmer.
Charles Darwin was the original crowd-sourced scientist. He may have a reputation as a recluse who hid away on his country estate, but he actually turned Down House into the headquarters for a massive letter-writing campaign that lasted for decades. In her magisterial biography of Darwin, Janet Browne observes that he sometimes wrote over 1500 letters in a single year. Darwin was gathering biological intelligence, amassing the data he would eventually marshall in his arguments for evolution. In the letters he wrote to naturalists around the world, Darwin asked for details about all manner of natural history, from the color of horses in Jamaica to the blush that shame brought to people’s cheeks.