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2018 Speakers Series Bundle
July 23, 2018 - July 27, 2018
$35.00
Join us in supporting our youth and the vitality of New York’s communities by attending the 2018 Project Fibonacci Speakers Series. Enjoy all keynote speeches for one bundled price AND receive exclusive invitations to our other limited seating events:
Monday, July 23
6:30-8:00 PM
Dr. Alex Filippenko
Dr. Alex Filippenko is one of the world’s most highly cited astronomers and is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences as well as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has appeared in more than 100 TV documentaries and is the author of The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium. Alex Filippenko has been actively involved with the Project Fibonacci® Foundation, Inc. as a 2016 keynote speaker and is now part of our Honorary Members, Advisory Board.
Tuesday, July 24
6:30-8:00 PM
Dr. Mario Livio
Dr. Mario Livio is an internationally known astrophysicist, a best-selling author, and a popular speaker. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Livio has published more than 400 scientific papers on topics ranging from Dark Energy and cosmology to black holes and extrasolar planets. He is also the author of six popular science books, including The Golden Ratio and Is God A Mathematician?
Livio’s book, Brilliant Blunders, was a national bestseller in the U.S. , and was selected by the Washington Post as one of the “Best Books of the Year.”
His latest book, Why? What Makes Us Curious, appeared in the U.S. in July, 2017
Wednesday, July 25
6:30-8:00 PM
Dr. Max Tegmark
Dr. Max Tegmark is a Swedish-American cosmologist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as well as the scientific director of the Foundational Questions Institute and the co-founder of the Future of Life Institute. The author of more than 200 technical papers on topics from cosmology to artificial intelligence, he has earned the nickname “Mad Max” for his unorthodox ideas and passion for adventure. Dr. Max Tegmark has appeared in dozens of scientific documentaries and is the author of New York Times Best Seller, Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality.
Thursday, July 26
6:30-8:00 PM
Brandy Schillace, MA, Ph.D.
Historian and author Brandy Schillace, PhD, writes at the intersections of medical science, history and literature. Her work for the Dittrick Museum of Medical History brings her in contact with rare artifacts of history, as well as with other museum institutions worldwide. As a writer/research and Editor-in-Chief of the BMJ’s Medical Humanities, Brandy travels extensively abroad to see unique collections and learn their stories. Her book, Clockwork Futures, offers a social history of social technology and “steampunk” science in the age of manufactured power. Brandy has appeared as an expert on the Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum and presented in a TEDx talk.