Thursday, December 2, 1999
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Bartos Theater
MIT Media Lab
20 Ames Street

This forum aims to explore the ways in which academic ideas have been disseminated to the public in recent years and how (or whether) this has changed the professional priorities and research of scholars. It was designed to continue the discussion started in the prior forum Beyond the Ivory Tower.

speakers:

Gerald Early,
author of The Culture of Bruising
Alan Lightman,
author of Einstein's Dreams
Steven Pinker,
author of The Language Instinct

[The draft manuscript of a book-in-progress titled Beyond the Ivory Tower with contributions from Gerald Early, Alan Lightman and Steven Pinker is also available online.]

 

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