Illinois Science Council is co-sponsoring a slew of great author talks this fall on fascinating topics. Mark your calendars so you can be sure to attend.
Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn
by Cathy Davidson Cathy Davidson, nationally recognized scholar and researcher, discusses and signs her latest book, Now You See It: How the Brain Sci ence of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn. Using cutting-edge research on the brain, Davidson shows how "attention blindness" has produced one of our society's greatest challenges; despite the great changes of the digital age, most of us still toil in schools and workplaces designed for the last century. Now You See It is a refreshingly optimistic argument for a bold embrace of our connected, collaborative future. Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 6:00 pm Pritzker Auditorium, Harold Washington Public Library 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL FREE and open to the public. This talk is in collaboration with the Chicago Public Library.
Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading authorities on language and the mind and author of the extraordinarily popular books, The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slate, and How the Mind Works discusses and sign his latest book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Pinker's explores of the essence of human nature, mixing psychology and history to provide a remarkable picture of an increasingly nonviolent world. The key, he explains, is to understand our intrinsic motives - the inner demons that incline us toward violence and the better angels that steer us away.
Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 6:00 pm Pritzker Auditorium, Harold Washington Public Library 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL This talk is in collaboration with the Chicago Public Library. FREE but reservations are required. Seats can be reserved here. 
A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos by Dava Sobel It was an outrage! Copernicus claimed the sun -- not the earth -- was at the center of the universe. Best-selling author and former New York Times reporter Dava Sobel, who has written previously about scientific discoveries that have revolutionized society's worldview, delves into the 16th century tensions between science and faith. Book signing to follow. Presented with the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation. Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 7:30pm Wright Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL $15 non-members; $12 UTRF members, students and seniors. For tickets click here. Proceeds benefit the restoration of Unity Temple, Frank Lloyd Wright's modern masterpiece. 
Lisa Randall, renowned Professor of Physics at Harvard University and one of today's most extraordinary, 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 World. Randall examines how the latest developments in physics have the potential to radically revise our understanding of the world. Knocking on Heaven's Door is an exhilarating and accessible overview of these developments and an impassioned argument for the significance of science. Tuesday, November 1 2011 at 6:00 pm Pritzker Auditorium, Harold Washington Public Library 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL This talk is in collaboration with the Chicago Public Library.
FREE but reservations are required. Seats can be reserved here.
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