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“Science, Danger, and Progress” a Talk by Featured Author William Gurstelle
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on April 11, 2012 The USA Science and Engineering Festival will really heat up when Popular Science and Make Magazine writer William Gurstelle speaks at the Family/Hands-on Science Stage on Sunday morning. Gurstelle, who wrote the bestselling DIY science book Backyard Ballistics, will be reading from his newest book, The Practical Pyromaniac. The book is a hands-on guidebook to…
Science and Math With an ‘Edge’ — Learning Is Best When It’s Messy and Unpredictable
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on April 2, 2012 By Larry Bock Founder and organizer, USA Science & Engineering Festival The world runs on science and math, but let’s face it, to get this across effectively to young students we sometimes have to get a little, well… messy. No one knows this better than math and science author Sean Connolly who’s gained a reputation…
Earth Day 2012 Finds Kids Ready to Do Their Part, Says Author Seymour Simon
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on March 23, 2012 By Larry Bock Founder and Organizer, USA Science & Engineering Festival Planet Earth — that fragile blue marble in space that we call home — deserves better from all of us, I think we would agree. And for good reason. With such issues as energy, pollution, conservation and sustainability, and climate becoming rising worldwide concerns,…
Max Kurzweil Describes the Science Behind the Potato Chips
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on March 21, 2012 By Max Kurzweil When we’re at a baseball game or on a picnic we call ‘em chips. But when we’re cooking up experiments at the Chip Science Institute we maintain in our basement, or at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington D.C., we call the world’s most beloved munchie “research material.” For the…
Featured Author Homer Hickam Shares a Glimpse into his Latest Novel
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on March 14, 2012 The Festival is thrilled to have Homer Hickam, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Rocket Boys, as a Featured Author this year. Homer’s new book Crater, the first novel in his new Helium-3 series for young adults, will be released just in time for the Festival. You have the opportunity to meet Homer…
Fukushima Fallout
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on March 7, 2012 by Fred Bortz, author of Meltdown! The Nuclear Disaster in Japan and Our Energy Future (Twenty-First Century Books, 2012) A year ago this week, on March 11, 2011, the biggest earthquake in Japan’s history devastated the Tohoku region, 320 kilometers northeast of Tokyo. In the huge tsunami that followed, more than 13,000 people drowned, and…
Just in Time for Valentine’s Day: The Science Behind the Kiss
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on February 10, 2012 By Larry Bock Founder and organizer, USA Science & Engineering Festival It’s both funny and remarkable how some of the most simple and natural acts we do each day are teeming in science. Take for example, the kiss. A kiss, especially a passionate one, sets off a cascade of emotions and chemical reactions in our…
Festival Featured Author Sean Connolly Shares his Excitement for the Festival!
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on February 8, 2012 By Sean Connolly Festival Featured Author What a difference a digit makes! There I was preoccupied with making my own eggnog, checking page proofs, and It’s a Wonderful Life on television. Then along comes January 1, and with it that odometer switch from “1″ to “2″ at the end. Suddenly 2012 is this year. And…
Epidemics? Typhoid Fever? Festival Author Julie Chibarro Discusses her Novel Deadly
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on February 6, 2012 Sitting elbow to elbow with strangers in the movie theatre is nothing new to the average American. However, when you are cramped in a packed theatre and you hear a cough every now and then while watching the movie Contagion, well that’s another story. Even if you are viewing this movie in the comfort of…
Come the Festival to Hear Featured Author Theodore Gray!
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on February 1, 2012 “The periodic table is the universal catalog of everything you can drop on your foot” –Theodore Gray You have the amazing opportunity to hear from best-selling author Theodore Gray at this year’s USA Science and Engineering Festival Book Fair! Gray will be speaking at the Teen Non-Fiction Festival Stage at 11:50 am on Saturday, April…
