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SUMMARY:"Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution" with author Cat Bohannon
DESCRIPTION:Please join ISC & the Chicago Public Library on Monday evening\, May 13th\, for what will most certainly be a very interesting conversation with Cat Bohannon\, PhD\, author of “Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution.” \nHow did the female body drive 200 million years of human evolution? • Why do women live longer than men? • Why are women more likely to get Alzheimer’s? • Why do girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty\, when suddenly their scores plummet? • Is sexism useful for evolution? • And why\, seriously why\, do women have to sweat through our sheets every night when we hit menopause?\n \nThese questions are producing some truly exciting science – and in Eve\, with boundless curiosity and sharp wit\, Cat Bohannon covers the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the female sex: “We need a kind of user’s manual for the female mammal. A no-nonsense\, hard-hitting\, seriously researched (but readable) account of what we are. How female bodies evolved\, how they work\, what it really means to biologically be a woman. Something that would rewrite the story of womanhood. This book is that story. We have to put the female body in the picture. If we don’t\, it’s not just feminism that’s compromised. Modern medicine\, neurobiology\, paleoanthropology\, even evolutionary biology all take a hit when we ignore the fact that half of us have breasts. So it’s time we talk about breasts. Breasts\, and blood\, and fat\, and vaginas\, and wombs—all of it. How they came to be and how we live with them now\, no matter how weird or hilarious the truth is.” \n\n\nEve is not only a sweeping revision of human history\, it’s an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. Picking up where Sapiens left off\, Eve will completely change what you think you know about evolution and why Homo sapiens has become such a successful and dominant species.\n\n\n  \n\nCAT BOHANNON is a researcher and author with a Ph.D. from Columbia University in the evolution of narrative and cognition. Her essays and poems have appeared in Scientific American\, Mind\, Science Magazine\, The Best American Nonrequired Reading\, The Georgia Review\, The Story Collider\, and Poets Against the War. She lives with her family in Seattle. \nFree; registration is appreciated here. Doors to the auditorium open at 5pm; seating is first come\, first served.  \nBooks will be available for purchase by Seminary Co-op and Dr. Bohannon will autograph books at the conclusion of the program. \n  \nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION FINALIST • THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting\, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved\, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is\, how it came to be\, and how this evolution still shapes all our lives today \n“For over a century and a half since Darwin\, we have talked about the origin of man. But what about women? Marshaling considerable  wit\, scholarship\, and cutting edge science Cat Bohannon traces the history and importance of female biology and\, in the process\, gives us a refreshing new view on the origin of humanity.”\n—Neil Shubin\, University of Chicago biologist and author of Your Inner Fish \n“A page-turning whistle-stop tour of mammalian development that begins in the Jurassic Era\, Eve recasts the traditional story of evolutionary biology by placing women at its center…. The book is engaging\, playful\, erudite\, discursive and rich with detail.” \n—Sarah Lyall\, The New York Times \n“A smart\, funny\, scientific deep-dive into the power of a woman’s body\, Eve surprises\, educates\, and emboldens.”\n—Bonnie Garmus\, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Lessons in Chemistry
URL:https://www.illinoisscience.org/event/eve-how-the-female-body-drove-200-million-years-of-human-evolution-with-author-cat-bohannon/
LOCATION:Harold Washington Library Center\, 400 S. State Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60642\, United States
CATEGORIES:ISC Sponsored Event,Public Event
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SUMMARY:On the Future: Prospects for Humanity with astrophysicist Martin Rees
DESCRIPTION:World-renowned scientist Martin Rees offers his look at the future of humanity and science in this talk based upon his new book On the Future: Prospects for Humanity. Rees argues that humanity’s future is bound to the future of science\, and our prospects hinge on how successfully we harness technological advances to address the challenges to our collective future. If we are to use science to solve our problems while avoiding its dystopian risks\, Rees shows how we must think rationally\, globally\, collectively\, and optimistically about the long-term future. Advances in biotechnology\, cybertechnology\, robotics\, and artificial intelligence—if pursued and applied wisely—could empower us to boost the developing and developed world and overcome the threats humanity faces on Earth\, from climate change to nuclear war. Rees offers fascinating insights into cutting-edge science and technology while providing a unique perspective on the critical issues that will define the future of humanity on Earth and beyond. \nPresented in collaboration with the Chicago Public Library.\n \nDoors to the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium open at 5 p.m. and seating is available first come\, first served. This event is free to attend but registration for seating is recommended and available here. \nBooks are available for purchase from Seminary Co-op Books and the author will autograph books at the conclusion of the program.
URL:https://www.illinoisscience.org/event/on-the-future-prospects-for-humanity-with-astrophysicist-martin-rees/
LOCATION:Harold Washington Library Center\, 400 S. State Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60642\, United States
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