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DESCRIPTION:In The Disappearing Spoon\, bestselling author Sam Kean unloc
 ked the mysteries of the periodic table. In The Violinist&rsquo\;s Thumb
 \, he explores the wonders of the magical building block of life: DNA. T
 here are genes to explain cat ladies\, why other people have no fingerpr
 ints\, and why some people survive nuclear bombs. Genes illuminate every
 thing from JFK's bronze skin to Einstein's genius. They can even allow s
 ome people\, because of the exceptional flexibility of their thumbs and 
 fingers\, to become truly singular violinists. Kean's vibrant storytelli
 ng once again makes science entertaining\, explaining human history and 
 whimsy while showing how DNA will influence our species' future.\nSam Ke
 an is a writer in Washington\, D.C. He is the author of the New York Tim
 es bestseller The Disappearing Spoon and his work has appeared in the Ne
 w York Times Magazine\, Mental Floss\, Slate\, the New York Post\, and N
 ew Scientist. In 2009\, he was a runner-up for the National Association 
 of Science Writers' Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for best science writer
  under the age of thirty\, and he was a Middlebury Environmental Journal
 ism fellow.\nEvent info and text provided by the organizers.&nbsp\;
URL:http://backbay.patch.com/events/author-talk-with-sam-kean-author-of-t
 he-violinists-thumb
SUMMARY:Author Talk With Sam Kean\, Author Of &quot\;The Violinist’s Th
 umb&quot\;
LOCATION:Boston Public Library - Central Library: 700 Boylston St\, Bosto
 n\, MA
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