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SUMMARY:THE MIRACULOUS FROM THE MATERIAL
DESCRIPTION:Nature is capable of extraordinary phenomena. Standing in awe of those phenomena\, we experience a feeling of connection to the cosmos. For acclaimed physicist and novelist Alan Lightman\, Ph.D.\, just as remarkable is that all of what we see around us—soap bubbles\, scarlet ibises\, shooting stars—are made of the same material stuff and obey the same rules and laws. This is what Lightman calls “spiritual materialism\,” the belief that we can embrace spiritual experiences without letting go of our scientific worldview. \nPairing 36 beautiful\, full-color photos evoking some of nature’s most awe-inspiring phenomena with accessible and lyrical personal essays\, The Miraculous from the Material: Understanding the Wonders of Nature explores the fascinating science underlying the natural world. Why do rainbows make an arc? Why does a particular waterfall at Yosemite National Park sometimes glow like it’s on fire? How does a hummingbird fly? The world has so many things to marvel at—and the science is just as fascinating. \nLightman’s imagination travels from the world of atoms and molecules to the animal kingdom\, from places like Ha Long Bay\, Vietnam and the Grand Canyon out to the solar system and beyond\, illuminating the majesty of the cosmos and the remarkable science behind it. The Miraculous from the Material is a stunning\, soaring ode to the beauty and wonder around us. \nLightman will be in conversation with Dacher Keltner\, Ph.D. (FAN ’16\, ’23)\, professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley\, director of the Berkeley Social Interaction Lab\, and faculty director of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. His research focuses the biological and evolutionary origins of compassion\, awe\, love\, and beauty\, as well as power\, social class\, and inequality. Keltner is the author of The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence\, as well as the bestseller Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life and The Compassionate Instinct. His latest book is 2023’s Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life. \nBONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of The Miraculous from the Material from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Lightman that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nThis event suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \n 
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/the-miraculous-from-the-materialunderstanding-the-wonders-of-nature/
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SUMMARY:FAN: Random Acts of Medicine
DESCRIPTION:Why do kids born in the summer get diagnosed more often with ADHD and the flu? How are marathons harmful to your health\, even when you’re not running? What do surgeons and salesmen have in common? Which annual event made people 30 percent more likely to get COVID-19? As a University of Chicago-trained economist and Harvard medical school professor and doctor\, Anupam Bapu Jena\, MD\, Ph.D. is uniquely equipped to answer these questions. \n \nIn Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors\, Impact Patients\, and Shape Our Health\, Dr. Jena and his co-author Christopher Worsham\, MD show us how medicine really works and its effect on all of us. In the spirit of Freakonomics and Noise\, this singular work combines popular topics like behavioral science\, health\, and medicine through the lens of economic principles and big data insights to reveal the unexpected but predictable events that profoundly affect our health. Relying on ingeniously devised natural experiments—random events that unknowingly turn us into experimental subjects—the authors help us gain a better understanding of how medicine is practiced and how it could work better. \nDr. Jena is the Joseph P. Newhouse Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and a physician in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. As an economist and physician\, Dr. Jena’s research involves several areas of health economics and policy including the use of natural experiments in health care\, the economics of physician behavior and the physician workforce\, medical malpractice\, the economics of health care productivity\, and the economics of medical innovation. \nDr. Jena will be in conversation with award-winning journalist Robert Kolker\, the author of several bestsellers\, among them Hidden Valley Road\, an instant #1 New York Times bestseller and a selection of Oprah’s Book Club that was named a Top Ten Book of the Year by the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, the Wall Street Journal\, and Slate. \nThis event suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.\n \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! We are giving away copies of Random Acts of Medicine to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nAnupam Bapu Jena\, MD\, Ph.D. Joseph P. Newhouse Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and host of the “Freakonomics\, MD” podcast \nRobert Kolker Journalist and bestselling author of “Hidden Valley Road” and “Lost Girls” \n\n  \n 
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/random-acts-of-medicine-the-hidden-forces-that-sway-doctors-impact-patients-and-shape-our-health/
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