Centre Meeting - Live


Once again the Ottawa Centre will be streaming its meeting live from the Canada Science and Technology Museum on Friday June 6, 2014 starting at 8 p.m. eastern time. Our special guest speaker will be Dan Falk, a science journalist, author, and broadcaster based in Toronto. His writing credits include the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, The Walrus, Cottage Life, SkyNews, Astronomy, Sky & Telescope, and New Scientist; he has also been a regular contributor to the CBC Radio programs Ideas and Quirks & Quarks.


His awards include Gold and Silver medals for Radio Programming from the New York Festivals and the Science Writing Award in Physics and Astronomy from the American Institute of Physics (which he has won twice) and the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia Margaret and John Savage First Book Award. His first book,Universe on a T-Shirt: The Quest for the Theory of Everything won the 2002 Science in Society Journalism Award from the Canadian Science Writers’ Association. His most recent book,In Search of Time: Journeys along a Curious Dimension was published in 2008. Falk recently completed a prestigious Knight Journalism Fellowship at MIT, where he undertook much of the research for his latest book The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe.


Simply click on:  www.ustream.tv/channel/rascottawalive


Clear skies,


Gary


ottawa.rasc.ca


 

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