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Clifford V. Johnson, in conversation with
M.G. Lord, discusses and signs The
Dialogues: Conversations about the
Nature of the Universe
Clifford V. Johnson will be in conversation with M.G.
Lord! Physicist Clifford Johnson thinks that we should have
more conversations about science. Science should be on our
daily conversation menu, along with topics like politics, books,
sports, or the latest prestige cable drama. Conversations about
science, he tells us, shouldn't be left to the experts. In The
Dialogues, Johnson invites us to eavesdrop on a series of nine
conversations, in graphic-novel form -- written and drawn by
Johnson -- about "the nature of the universe." The conversations
take place all over the world, in museums, on trains, in
restaurants, in what may or may not be Freud's favorite
coffeehouse. The conversationalists are men, women, children,
experts, and amateur science buffs. The topics of their
conversations range from the science of cooking to the multiverse
and string theory. The graphic form is especially suited for
physics; one drawing can show what it would take many words to
explain. In the first conversation, a couple meets at a costume
party; they speculate about a scientist with superhero powers who
doesn't use them to fight crime but to do more science, and they
discuss what it means to have a "beautiful equation" in science.
Their conversation spills into another chapter ("Hold on, you
haven't told me about light yet"), and in a third chapter they
exchange phone numbers. Another couple meets on a train and
discusses immortality, time, black holes, and religion. A brother
and sister experiment with a grain of rice. Two women sit in a
sunny courtyard and discuss the multiverse, quantum gravity, and
the anthropic principle. After reading these conversations, we are
ready to start our own. (Mit Press)
About M.G. Lord:
M.G. Lord, the author of Astro Turf, a family memoir of aerospace
culture during the Cold War. She also wrote The Accidental
Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our
Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted By Her Beauty to
Notice and Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real
Doll. After graduating from Yale, she spent more than a decade
as a syndicated editorial cartoonist based at Newsday.
Those wishing to get books signed will be asked to purchase at
least one copy of the author's most recent title from Vroman's. For
each purchased copy of the newest title, customers may bring up
to three copies from home to be signed. This policy applies to all
Vroman's Bookstore events unless otherwise noted. Save your
Vroman's receipt; it will be checked when you enter the signing
line.
Event date:
Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 7:00pm
Event address:
695 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101
The Dialogues: Conversations about the
Nature of the Universe (Hardcover)
By Clifford V. Johnson, Frank Wilczek (Foreword by)
$29.95
ISBN: 9780262037235
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: MIT Press - November 24th, 2017
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