An Evening with Rhona Trauvitch in conversation with Leanne Wells
November 15 @ 5:00 pm
Rhona Trauvitch joins Florida International University’s Leanne Wells at Books & Books in Coral Gables to discuss her new book, “Fi-Sci: Avatars of Science in Fiction.” Trauvitch, the founding director of FIU’s Science & Fiction Lab, argues that the way a story is told can help readers grasp scientific ideas that are difficult to picture. Drawing on fiction by Jorge Luis Borges, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Richard Powers, she connects literary techniques to concepts such as recombinant DNA, the curvature of spacetime, and quantum superposition.
The talk is free and open to the public at 265 Aragon Ave. An RSVP grants entry, and seating is subject to availability. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.