[New-Poetry] Fw: [list] Dorion Sagan Reading/Signing at Dactyl October 12

[Anny Ballardini]

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Dorion Sagan, Reading / Signing (& Magic Tricks!)
Notes from the Holocene: A Brief History of the Future
Fri, Oct 12th, 7-9 PM
complimentary beer & wine
RSVP at dactyl.org

Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities
64 Grand Street (between Wooster and West Broadway) in SoHo, NYC.
www.dactyl.org

In a thought-provoking, humorous, and engaging style, Dorion Sagan, the 
eldest son of Carl Sagan and evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis, combines 
philosophy, science, an understanding of illusion, and the fantastical 
writings of Philip K. Dick to probe the deep questions of existence. 
Operating on the precept that the universe if far weirder than we might 
imagine, Sagan provides fresh insights into the nature of technology, the 
prognosis for humanity, and the living, the living nature of our planet, and 
a reasoned explanation to why our universe is probably just one of an 
infinite number. Notes from the Holocene is a prime example of the writing 
coming from a new generation of scientific writers. It will inspire readers 
to think for themselves while leaving them chuckling with tongue-in-cheek 
anecdotes -- a rare combination that Sagan delivers with ease. And yes, as 
geneticist J.B.S. Haldane says, "the universe is not only stranger than we 
imagine, but stranger than we can imagine."

Sagan is author and co-author of numerous articles and sixteen books 
translated into eleven languages, including Into the Cool: Energy Flow, 
Thermodynamics, and Life (with Eric D. Schneider) and Up from Dragons: The 
Evolution of Human Intelligence (with John Skoyles). His What is Life? (with 
Lynn Margulis) was chosen (along with works by Billie Holiday, William 
Shakespeare, and others) as one of fifty "mind-altering masterpieces" by 
Utne Reader. Sagan's essays are included in collections edited by Richard 
Dawkins and E. O. Wilson. Reviewing Sagan's Microcosmos in the New York 
Times Book Review, Melvin Konner wrote "This admiring reader of Carl Sagan, 
Lewis Thomas, and Stephen Jay Gould has seldom, if ever, seen such a 
luminous prose style in a work of this kind." Sagan has written for The New 
York Times, Wired, The Skeptical Inquirer, The Smithsonian, The Ecologist, 
Omni, Natural History, and many others. He graduated from the University of 
Massachusetts-Amherst with a degree in history and has interests in 
philosophy and literature. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Published by Sciencewriters.  Get your copy in advance at: 
www.sciencewriters.org

Dactyl Foundation Office: 212 696-7800 / Gallery: 646 329-5398 (during event 
times only).
Subway: A, C, E, at Canal Street, or 1 at Canal Street. Open to the public. 
Admission free.
Victoria N. Alexander, Ph.D.
Dactyl Foundation
www.dactyl.org
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