Books
AMNH Presents | Frontiers Lecture: The First Seconds of the Universe
American Museum of Natural History 175-208 79th Street, Central Park West, NY, United StatesTheoretical astrophysicist Dan Hooper explores what scientists know and what they are still struggling to understand about the very first seconds—and fractions of a second—after the Big Bang. Hooper proposes in his new book At the Edge of Time that it is in studying these initial moments that we will unlock great truths about the universe. A book signing […]
Carmen C. Bambach: Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered
Italian Cultural Institute 686 Park Ave., New York, NY, United StatesOn the occasion of the publication of Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered, the Italian Cultural Institute welcomes Carmen Bambach, internationally renowned Leonardo specialist and author of the prestigious monograph. Carmen’s four-volume work is a groundbreaking contribution of original scholarship that continues the long legacy of Leonardo studies, while simultaneously reexamining the multifaceted artist’s life and work from […]
Stoicism or Epicureanism? Let the Discussion Begin
New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, United StatesStoicism and Epicureanism have been around for more than two millennia. Surprisingly, they are being proposed in the 21st century as philosophies to adopt in order to live a life worth living (a eudaimonic life, as the ancient Greeks called it). Join us for a conversation between Prof. Catherine Wilson, author of How to Be an Epicurean, […]
Built and Never-Built Brooklyn: An Exploration
Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin Cornell professor and urbanist Thomas Campanella for an unprecedented journey through the history of our beloved borough via its built environment. In his book Brooklyn: The Once and Future City, Campanella brings us from sleepy colonial settlements, to the electric playground of Coney Island, and everything built in between. In addition to sharing what we’ve built and […]
Cornel West Matters: Book Talk with Mahamadou Lamine Sagna and Cornel West
The Africa Center 1280 Fifth Ave., New York, NY, United StatesJoin The Africa Center and Teranga as we present a conversation between Mahamadou Lamine Sagna and Cornel West about “Cornel West Matters”. The book Cornel West Matters is a review of the titular philosopher’s seminal texts by Mahamadou Lamine Sagna, who has long been interested in the way West analyses politics, democracy, religion and race, and […]