What other blogs have to say about some of Saturday’s World Science Festival events:
Full house: From left to right, biochemist Paul Nurse, cognitive scientist Marvin Minsky, anthropologist Ian Tattersall, embryonic-stem-cell biologist Rosa Reijo Pera, philosopher Daniel Dennett, (more…)
Here are some blog entries about some of Friday’s World Science Festival events:
That’s how Mediabistro’s FisbowlNY characterized the World Science Festival’s opening party Wednesday night at the American Museum of Natural History. Here are some images:
The whale (top) and the guests (below).
The evening’s surprise guest: (more…)
On Saturday, May 31, neurologist and author Oliver Sacks will join neuroscientist Mark Tramo and the Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir in the World Science Festival Event Music and the Brain, an exploration of the power of music to inspire and uplift, and as an effective tool in the therapeutic process. At the event, the choirs powerful performance will provide a stimulating context for Sacks’ true-life accounts of patients whose lives were altered by music. To continue the dialogue with the event’s participants and audience, Sacks has agreed to answer five questions (more…)
Announcing a new World Science Festival event: Oliver Sacks, the best-selling author and neurologist, will appear with Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir in an exhilarating exploration of the healing power of music, titled Music and the Brain, on Saturday May 31 at the Abyssinian Baptist Church.
Sacks’ fascinating narratives of his work with patients reveal the effects of music on the brain, and the profound role that music can have in treatment. In this program, his stories will be punctuated with performances by the Abyssinian Baptist Choir that dramatically illustrate the power of music to affect the human psyche.
More information can be found on the event page.
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Oliver Sacks image: Elena Seibert
