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A Plague Upon HumanityPox Japonica
During World War II, Japanese medical researchers intentionally spread cholera, typhoid, dysentery, and anthrax throughout China, killing an estimated 580,000 innocent people. Daniel Barenblatt is here to talk about Axis Japan’s secret germ warfare experiments. Then scientist Steven Johnson explains the neuroscience of everyday life. Writer Alison Smith describes her painful teenage years. And a discussion with Peter Robinson on his new novel, Playing With Fire.
Daniel Barenblatt
Daniel Barenblatt’s new book is A Plague Upon Humanity: The Secret Genocide of Axis Japan’s Germ Warfare Operation. It’s about Japan’s notorious Unit 731, a research facility headed by Dr. Shiro Ishii, also known as Japan’s answer to Josef Mengele.
» Read more about the book
Music: Deep Impact Soundtrack composer James Horner
Steven Johnson
Steven Johnson describes modern neuroscience technology from biofeedback to the latest MRIs. He’s the author of Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life.
Events: Steven Johnson will be appearing tonight at 7:30 at the B&N at Astor Place
Music: Naqoyqatsi Soundtrack composer Phillip Glass
Alison Smith
In her memoir, Name All the Animals, Alison Smith reconstructs the three years following her 18-year-old brother Roy's death in a car accident.
Events: Alison Smith readings:
Tuesday, February 10 at 7PM
Barnes & Noble Chelsea
675 6th Avenue
Wednesday, February 11 at 8PM
Happy Ending
302 Broome Street
Music: Intersection Soundtrack composer James Newton Howard
Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson’s suspense novel, Playing With Fire, tracks the aftermath of a blaze that destroys two rotting barges moored in a Yorkshire canal and kills the squatters living inside.
» Read more about Peter Robinson
Events: Peter Robinson will be giving a reading/signing books tonight, too, at 7 pm at the B&N in Chelsea (675 Ave of the Americas)
Music: Beethoven Bagatelles Op. 119 “Andante con Moto”
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A number of this year’s National Book Award winners have appeared on The Leonard Lopate Show. Click here to see the list!
Tributes: Jeanne-Claude
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Jeanne-Claude created environmental works of art with her husband and fellow-conspirator/collaborator Christo. Together, they wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont-Neuf in Paris, and created The Gates, with billowy orange drapes, in Central Park. Jeanne-Claude just died at the age of 74. You can hear Leonard Lopate’s last interview with them both, from July 19, 1999.
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Our 3-ingredient Challenge wins a James Beard Award
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