Gagliardi Family Distinguished Seminar Series: "Spoons and Thumbs: Funny, Spooky, Poignant, and Completely True Science Stories"

Sam Kean is the New York Times best-selling author of Caesar’s Last Breath, The Dueling Neurosurgeons, The Disappearing Spoon, and The Violinist’s Thumb. His stories have appeared in The Best American Nature and Science Writing, The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, and Slate, and his work has been featured on NPR's “Radiolab,” “Science Friday,” “All Things Considered,” and “Fresh Air.”