Peter Galison on Frontiers in Technology's History

Sunday, November 13, 2011 @ 7:30am
@ Chicago Public Library - Harold Washington Library Center
Nov. 3, 2011
As one of the world’s premier historians of science, Harvard University professor Peter Galison has made his mark exploring rare moments of collision and convergence.

Quest to Learn

Saturday, November 12, 2011 @ 7:30am
@ Chicago Public Library - Harold Washington Library Center
Nov. 3, 2011
Katie Salen is a game designer. She is also a professor in the School of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University and the executive director of the Institute of Play.

Lisa Randall

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 @ 11:00am
@ Chicago Public Library - Harold Washington Library Center
Sep. 30, 2011
Lisa Randall, renowned Professor of Physics at Harvard University and one of today’s most influential and highly cited theoretical physicists, discusses and signs her new book, Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern

Martin Amis with John Barron

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 1:00pm
@ Chicago Public Library - Harold Washington Library Center
Sep. 30, 2011
Martin Amis, whose acclaimed fiction includes London Fields and The Pregnant Widow, joins Sun-Times publisher John Barron to talk about his respect for Augie March and his friendship with Saul Bellow.According to Amis's website, "

John Green and Benjamin Alire Sáenz with Donna Seaman

Monday, October 17, 2011 @ 1:00pm
@ Chicago Public Library - Harold Washington Library Center
Sep. 30, 2011
Young Adult novelists John Green and Benjamin Alire Sáenz discuss creating coming-of-age characters much like Saul Bellow's Augie March.

Steven Pinker

Thursday, October 13, 2011 @ 1:00pm
@ Chicago Public Library - Harold Washington Library Center
Sep. 30, 2011
Steven Pinker, one of the world’s leading authorities on language and the mind and author of the books The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slate, and How the Mind Works, discusses and signs his latest book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has

Cathy N. Davidson

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 @ 1:00pm
@ Chicago Public Library - Harold Washington Library Center
Sep. 30, 2011
Cathy N. Davidson, Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University, discusses and signs her latest book, Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn.

Dr. Keith Sharpe

Monday, October 3, 2011 @ 1:00pm
@ Chicago Public Library - Harold Washington Library Center
Sep. 30, 2011
British author Dr. Keith Sharpe discusses and signs his book The Gay Gospels: Good News for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered People. In his new book, Dr.

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