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Project Hieroglyph: Can Science Fiction Revolutionize Science? – in Los Angeles

September 15, 2014 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

The book cover for Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future

Venue: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Tags: 2013/14, annalee newitz, book launch, hieroglyph, lawrence krauss, neal stephenson, project hieroglyph, zocalo

Presented by Zócalo Public Square and the Center for Science and the Imagination Moderated by Annalee Newitz, Editor-in-Chief, io9 Registration Required: Make a Reservation Today! Isaac Asimov’s robots. Robert Heinlein’s rocket ships. William Gibson’s cyberspace. Before they vacuumed our houses, put a man on the moon, […]

What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing

March 3, 2017 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Venue: Changing Hands - Phoenix
Tags: book launch, Ed Finn

The founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at ASU presents his latest book, explaining the ties that connect algorithms and computing to human culture–past and present. Order the book Algorithms tell us what to read, where to go, and who to date…but […]

“It’s Alive!” Frankenstein’s Lessons for Scientists and Creators

June 8, 2017 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Frankenstein Book Cover Frankenstein written in angular typeface. Written by Mary Shelley. Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of all kinds. Edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert

Venue: Le Laboratoire
Categories: Book launch, Frankenstein Bicentennial Events
Tags: book launch, Boston Book Festival, Charlotte Gordon, Donald Engber, Ed Finn, Juan Enriquez

Get tickets here >> Two hundred years after its creation, Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is still alive and well, continuing to shape how we imagine science and its moral consequences. Frankenstein’s cultural life reaches far beyond the book page, extending into film, television, video games, […]