CHAUTAUQUA: M.R. O'Connor - "The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World"
M.R. O'Connor
"The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World"
WED, March 2, 7:30 PM
https://youtu.be/brrGT5kIhqY
M.R. O'Connor is a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism who writes about the politics and ethics of science, technology and conservation. She is the author of two acclaimed books about the cutting edges of contemporary scientific research, Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things (2015); and Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World (2019), which explores navigation traditions, neuroscience and human relationships to space, time and memory. It was supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Program for the Public Understanding of Science, Technology & Economics. Her next book, Ignition, is about fire ecology and prescribed burning, for which she became certified as a wildland firefighter.
Event Date: March 02 7:30 PM Location: https://youtu.be/brrGT5kIhqY Cost: Free
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