July 15: A Virtual Conversation with Emily Anthes, Author of The Great Indoors

Join Science Writers in New York for

A Virtual Conversation with Emily Anthes On Her New Book

The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior

Wednesday, July 15, 7 pm ET on Zoom

On Wednesday, July 15, Science Writers in New York invites you to join us on Zoom for a conversation with SWINY co-chair David Levine and Emily Anthes about her new book The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness, published in June.

Modern humans are an indoor species. We spend 90 percent of our time inside, shuttling between homes and offices, schools and stores, restaurants, and gyms. And yet, in many ways, the indoor world remains unexplored territory. For all the time we spend inside buildings, we rarely stop to consider: How do these spaces affect our mental and physical well-being? Our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors? Our productivity, performance, and relationships?

In this wide-ranging, character-driven book, science journalist Emily Anthes takes us on an adventure into the buildings in which we spend our days, exploring the profound, and sometimes unexpected, ways that they shape our lives. Drawing on cutting-edge research, she probes the pain-killing power of a well-placed window and examines how the right office layout can expand our social networks. She investigates how room temperature regulates our cognitive performance, how the microbes hiding in our homes influence our immune systems, and how cafeteria design affects what — and how much — we eat.

Do you have a question for Emily Anthes you would like answered? Submit it here.

Emily Anthes is a science journalist and author. She is also the author of Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts, which was longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Emily’s work has also appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Wired, Nature, Slate, Businessweek, and elsewhere. Her magazine features have won several awards, including the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award and the NASW Science in Society Journalism Award. Emily has a master’s degree in science writing from MIT and a bachelor’s degree in the history of science and medicine from Yale, where she also studied creative writing. 

When:
Wednesday, July 15
7 to 8 pm ET

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https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L4bEqfDjTnOc9qKHtIL8Fw

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