Invisible Ink Revealed: the Secret History

Dinner and social hour begin at 7:00 pm with an approximately hour-long presentation and question-and-answer session to follow.

Our Open Seating Policy (https://www.meetup.com/AtlantaScienceTavern/messages/boards/thread/14871501) will be in effect for this event.

Venue capacity = 80 / Estimated RSVP turnout = 60%

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/a/1/b/event_42018971.jpeg The Topic

Invisible Ink Revealed: the Secret History of How Secret Writing became a Player in International Intrigue

Our Speaker

Kristie Macrakis, Professor

School of History, Technology and Society

Georgia Institute of Technology

Kristie Macrakis is a historian of science and of espionage. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University. Kristie's research interests include the science in Nazi Germany and Post-War Germany, Cold War espionage including the East German Ministry for State Security. She is currently writing a book on the history of invisible ink from ancient to modern times.

Kristie is the recipient of numerous awards including grants from the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, the National Science Foundation, the Humboldt Foundation, and Fulbright.

Her Books

Surviving the Swastika (http://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Swastika-Scientific-Research-Germany/dp/0195070100) (Oxford, 1993)

Science under Socialism (http://www.amazon.com/Science-under-Socialism-Comparative-Perspective/dp/067479477X) (Harvard, 1999)

Seduced by Secrets (http://www.amazon.com/Seduced-Secrets-Inside-Stasis-Spy-Tech/dp/052188747X) (Cambridge, 2008), a feature of the History Book Club (http://www.historybookclub.com/)

East German Foreign Intelligence (http://www.amazon.com/East-German-Foreign-Intelligence-Controversy/dp/0415484421) (Routledge, 2009).

For More Information

Seduced by Secrets website (http://www.seducedbysecrets.com/) (see photo)

Kristie's profile page (http://www.hts.gatech.edu/faculty/macrakis-kristie.php) at the School of History, Science and Technology