Tucson Festival of Books

Science, Society and the Mind: Navigating the Future of Health and Knowledge


Join the authors as they discuss the dynamic interplay between scientific progress, cultural change and the evolving mind. They'll discuss how breakthroughs in technology and medicine are transforming our understanding of health and human flourishing.


Panelists
David Blumenthal

David Blumenthal, a leading expert on health and social policies in the United States, has served as a practicing physician, government and foundation leader, and author and professor throughout his distinguished career....

Tom Griffiths

Tom Griffiths is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness and Culture in the Departments of Psychology and Computer Science at Princeton University. He also directs Princeton's Computational Cognitive Science Lab, a research group focused on understanding the mathematical foundations of human cognition, and the Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence, a new effort that supports innovative research efforts in AI and related fields....

Wendy Johnson

Dr. Wendy Johnson is an activist, clinician and writer whose career included scaling up HIV treatment in Mozambique, overseeing an urban health department, and directing Santa Fe's main community clinic....

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Books:
Whiplash
From the Battle for Obamacare to the War on Science
David Blumenthal
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Yale University Press
March 2026
ISBN 9780300263480
344 pages
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The Laws of Thought
The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind
Tom Griffiths
Science / Medicine / Technology
Henry Holt and Company
February 2026
ISBN 9781250358356
400 pages
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Kinship Medicine
Cultivating Interdependence to Heal the Earth and Ourselves
Wendy Johnson
Science / Medicine / Technology
North Atlantic Books
July 2025
ISBN 9798889842736
304 pages
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