IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO - Dr. David Murray Saturday, October 27, 2pm-3:30pm Twinbrook Library, 202 Meadow Hall Drive, Rockville, MD
Dr. David Murray, discusses and signs his book, It Ain't Necessarily So: How Media Make and Unmake the Scientific Picture of Reality. The book will be available for purchase at the talk. The first chapter may be read online at http://www.stats.org/book.htm "Until we learn the intricacies of media culture and the processes by which news is made, we are vulnerable to a daily dose of misunderstanding contained in each morning's headlines. Indeed, we are at risk of perpetually misdiagnosing our modern world and the role we play in it."— from the introduction. Dr. Murray is Director of Research for the Statistical Assessment Service (STATS), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving media coverage of scientific and statistical information. Saturday, October 27, 2pm-3:30pm Twinbrook Library, 202 Meadow Hall Drive, Rockville Note: Because of reconstruction at our usual meeting place, programs this season are scheduled at different locations and sometimes at different times than in the past. Plesae be careful that you check the correct location AND time for each meeting. The Twinbrook Library (intersection of Veirs Mill and Twinbrook) is 3/4 mile from the Twinbrook Metro on the Red Line, or take Metro Bus Q2 or Ride On bus 45 (www.rideonbus.com) National Capital Area Skeptics Public Lecture Series FREE admission - Everyone welcome - members and non-members For more information call the 24-hour NCAS Skeptic Line recording at (301) 587-3827 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ncas.org NCAS is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization which promotes critical thinking and scientific understanding. NCAS...for good reason Next month -- Childhood Vaccine Controversy Saturday, November 10, 10:30-12:30 Twinbrook Library Arthur Allen will speak about recent controversies regarding the safety of childhood vaccines. He will touch on scientific issues as well as the motivation, ideology and historical role of anti-vaccine activists in America. Allen is a freelance writer who regularly contributes health, science and other articles to The Washington Post, Salon.com and other publications. [rescheduled from March 2001] ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================
