Tucson Festival of Books

Invisible Forces: From Airborne Agents to Global Poisons


Join acclaimed science writers Carl Zimmer and Mariah Blake for a deep dive into the unseen forces that shape life on Earth—from airborne microbes to industrial toxins. Discover how science, policy and human choices collide in stories that matter for our future.


Panelists
Mariah Blake

Mariah Blake is an investigative journalist whose writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Mother Jones, The New Republic, The New York Times, and numerous other publications. She was a Murrey Marder Nieman Fellow in Watchdog Journalism at Harvard University....

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Carl Zimmer

Carl Zimmer is the author of 15 books about science, including his latest book, "Air-borne." He writes the "Origins" column for The New York Times and has frequently contributed to magazines including The Atlantic, National Geographic, Time, and Scientific American....

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Books:
They Poisoned the World
Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals
Mariah Blake
Science / Medicine / Technology
Random House
May 2025
ISBN 9781524760090
320 pages
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Air-Borne
The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
Carl Zimmer
Science / Medicine / Technology
Penguin Group
February 2025
ISBN 9780593473597
496 pages
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