Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM
Monday, April 16, 2012 / 3:30 PM, Building 3 Auditorium
Henry R. Schlesinger
"Heroes and Explorers: The Stories We Tell About Science"
ABSTRACT -- Henry R. Schlesinger, author of The Battery, explores the early development of the battery, its unique evolution, and the engineers who put it to use. The lecture will focus on the stories surrounding the ubiquitous battery, and the roles science, scientists and engineers occupy in popular culture today. And why those stories, though not told nearly often enough, are still important.
SPEAKER -- Henry R. Schlesinger is a New York-based science writer. A former contributing editor to Popular Science magazine, he has written for Popular Mechanics and Smithsonian. He is also the co-author of the Foreign Affairs bestseller, SPYCRAFT: The Secret History of the CIA’s Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda. His most recent book is The Battery: How Portable Power Sparked a Technological Revolution.