Open Book / Open Mind is a series of live, interactive conversations featuring top authors and thinkers on the important issues of our time.
Open Book/ Open Mind: Edward Tenner in Conversation with Steve Lohr
Edward Tenner and Steve Lohr In Conversation 5/3/19 7 PM
The Efficiency Paradox: What Big Data Can’t Do
Edward Tenner is a distinguished scholar of the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and a visiting scholar in the Rutgers University Department of History. He was a visiting lecturer at the Humanities Council at Princeton and has held visiting research positions at the Institute for Advanced Study and the University of Pennsylvania. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The Wilson Quarterly, and Forbes.com.
Joining Edward will be Steve Lohr, who has covered technology, business and economics for The New York Times for more than 20 years. In 2013, he was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. He was a foreign correspondent for a decade and served as an editor, and has written for magazines including The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and the Washington Monthly. Steve is the author of “Data-ism,” which examines the field of data science and decision making (Harper Business, 2015). He is also the author of a history of software and computer programming, “Go To” (Basic Books, 2001).
Watchung Booksellers will have copies of their books for purchase and signing at the end of the event. Seats to this event are free to the public, thanks to grants from our Series Sponsors, The Montclair Foundation and Investors Foundation. Please register HERE
Open Book/ Open Mind: Julia Alvarez in Conversation with Yvonne Latty
Our next conversation is In The Time of the Butterflies with internationally beloved author Julia Alvarez and NYU professor and journalist Yvonne Latty on Thursday, April 11th at 7PM. This special event will be held at Central Presbyterian Church. Tickets can be purchased HERE or by calling 973-744-0500 x2275.
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