Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature
By Ira Flatow
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Veteran NPR® science correspondent and award-winning radio and TV journalist Ira Flatow's enthusiasm for all things science has made him a beloved on-air journalist. For more than thirty-five years, Flatow has interviewed the top scientists and researchers on many NPR and PBS programs, including his popular Science Friday® spot on Talk of the Nation. In Present at the Future, he shares the groundbreaking revelations from those conversations, including the latest on nanotechnology, space travel, global warming, alternative energies, stem cell research, and using the universe as a super–super computer. Flatow also further explores his favorite topic of the science of everyday life with explanations on why the shower curtain sticks to you, the real story of why airplanes fly, and much more.
From dark matter and the human consciousness to the surprising number of scientists who believe in a Creator, Present at the Future reveals the mysteries of science, nature, and technology that shape our lives.
Ira Flatow
Ira Flatow is the host and executive producer of Talk of the Nation: Science Friday®. He is the author of Rainbows, Curve Balls, and They All Laughed. He lives in Connecticut.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5You know Ira Flatow as host of Science Friday on NPR. I don't often get to listen "live" because the broadcasts occur while I am (supposed to be) working, but I subscribe to the podcasts and catch up on them later from an RSS feed. "Present at the Future" is a collection of essays inspired by conversations with recent guests on the show, and it is written from the point of view that Ira (I call him Ira because I met him once and am therefore entitled) brings to his program - that of an interested and well-read layman. The topics in the book are all over the map - nanotechnology to wind power, and cognitive science to why an airplane flies (not the Bernoulli explanation). The book is as eclectic as the radio show. You will surely find something of interest in it, and it would be appropriate to recommend to students.
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