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Sam Kean, a bestselling popular science author living in Washington, D.C., was the keynote speaker at the annual Friends of Dacus Library meeting at 6 p.m. on October 5, 2015. His topic was be “Brains, Genes, Spoons: The Stories of Science,” in which discussed his three bestsellers.
Kean, whose wild, funny, spooky stories about science have captivated audiences across the world, is author of The Disappearing Spoon (2010), a romp through the periodic table; The Violinist’s Thumb (2012), an omnibus of all the stories buried in human DNA; and The Dueling Neurosurgeons (2014), an exploration of all the bizarre ways the human brain can go haywire. In addition to his books, Kean writes for several national publications, including New York Times Magazine and Psychology Today. He has been featured on NPR’s “Fresh Air” and “Radiolab.”
Kean’s books have earned positive reviews from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Library Journal,and numerous other publications. Rachel Ehrenberg, writing in Science News,described his first book as “quirky, thoughtful, and thorough... From the Big Bang to ancient Greece to Nazi Germany and Gandhi’s India, Kean highlights the prominent roles of various chemical elements throughout history.”
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