Reager
26th September 2007, 12:49 PM
NYC Skeptics (http://www.nycskeptics.org/) is proud to announce that our inaugural lecture (http://www.nycskeptics.org/node/54) will feature John Rennie, editor in chief of Scientific American magazine discussing "Scientific American's Century and a Half of Skepticism." Please join us!
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In its long history of reporting on discoveries and inventions, Scientific American has frequently been at odds with proponents of the paranormal, the technologically dubious, the weird and the downright irrational. Editor in chief John Rennie will discuss some of the magazine's (and his own) brushes with figures as diverse as the Wright Brothers, Harry Houdini and the Unabomber, not to mention the creationists, cold fusion advocates and nanotechnology cultists.
When:
Saturday October 27, 1:30 PM
Where:
New York Public Library
Andrew Heiskell Branch
40 W. 20th St. New York, NY
(between 5th and 6th Avenues - map (http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&output=search&q=New+York+Public+Library:+Andrew+Heiskell+Library +for+the+Blind+and+Physicall&fb=1&near=New+York,+NY&cd=1))
Admission is free and open to the public
Click here (http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?author=3&display=bio) for more information about John Rennie.
The NYC Skeptics Lecture Series will offer regular speaking events by notables in the skeptical community on topics concerning skepticism, science, and critical thinking.
http://www.nycskeptics.org/images/johnrenniesmall.jpg
In its long history of reporting on discoveries and inventions, Scientific American has frequently been at odds with proponents of the paranormal, the technologically dubious, the weird and the downright irrational. Editor in chief John Rennie will discuss some of the magazine's (and his own) brushes with figures as diverse as the Wright Brothers, Harry Houdini and the Unabomber, not to mention the creationists, cold fusion advocates and nanotechnology cultists.
When:
Saturday October 27, 1:30 PM
Where:
New York Public Library
Andrew Heiskell Branch
40 W. 20th St. New York, NY
(between 5th and 6th Avenues - map (http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&output=search&q=New+York+Public+Library:+Andrew+Heiskell+Library +for+the+Blind+and+Physicall&fb=1&near=New+York,+NY&cd=1))
Admission is free and open to the public
Click here (http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?author=3&display=bio) for more information about John Rennie.
The NYC Skeptics Lecture Series will offer regular speaking events by notables in the skeptical community on topics concerning skepticism, science, and critical thinking.