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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="font-size: 12pt;">An Evening with Sam Kean</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Join <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Sam Kean at the Hudson Library & Historical Society on Tuesday, September 11 at 7 p.m. as he spins a selection of funny, spooky, poignant, and completely
true science stories from several of his award-winning books. Kean is the author of
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons</i>,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">The Disappearing Spoon</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">
The Violinist's Thumb,</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic"> and the latest,
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us.</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic"> Topics covered include the joys of the periodic table, the perils and promise of the human genome and
the enduring mysteries of neuroscience, as well as Sam's path as a science writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Kean’s stories have appeared in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
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The New Yorker</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Atlantic</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">
The New York Times Magazine</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Slate</i>, and
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Psychology Today</i>, and his work has been featured on NPR’s “Radiolab,” “Science Friday,” and “All Things Considered.”
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Caesar’s Last Breath</i> was named the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
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Guardian </i>science book of the year in 2017, while <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">
The Disappearing Spoon</i> was a runner-up for the Royal Society book of the year. Both
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">The Violinist’s Thumb</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">
The Dueling Neurosurgeons</i> were nominated for PEN’s literary science writing award.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Copies of Kean’s books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of the Learned Owl Book Shop. Register for this free program online at hudsonlibrary.org or call (330) 653-6658 x1010.<o:p></o:p></p>
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