Tucson Festival of Books

The Future of Science Literacy


Authors Leigh Ann Henion and Lynne Peeples sit down with moderator/historian Nicholas Nicastro to discuss their experiences as established science writers and where science literacy and education is headed in the twenty-first century.


Panelists
Leigh Ann Henion

Leigh Ann Henion is the New York Times bestselling author of "Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms," "Moon Gardens" and "Other Marvels of the Dark and Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer’s Search for Wonder in the Natural World....

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Lynne Peeples

Lynne Peeples is a science journalist and former staff reporter at The Huffington Post. Her writing has also appeared in The Guardian, Scientific American, Nature and other publications....

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Books:
Night Magic
Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark
Leigh Ann Henion
Nature / Environment
Algonquin Books
September 2024
ISBN 9781643753362
336 pages

The Inner Clock
Living in Sync with Our Circadian Rhythms
Lynne Peeples
Science / Medicine / Technology
Penguin Publishing Group
September 2024
ISBN 9780593538906
368 pages

Archimedes
Fulcrum of Science
Nicholas Nicastro
Science / Medicine / Technology
Reaktion Books
October 2024
ISBN 9781789149227
240 pages