How Do We Know What We Know
UW Discovery Building 330 N. Orchard St., Madison, Wisconsin 53715
media release: This popular, fast-paced event featuring five-minute flash talks from some of UW-Madison’s biggest brains is back! Join us for a fun-filled evening as we explore how we know what we know. The oderated by Eric Wilcots, dean of the College of Letters & Science.
Featuring:
- John Hawks, anthropology, Where did we come from and who are we?
- Amy Barger, astronomy, How do we know how old the universe is?
- Phil Newmark, Morgridge Institute for Research, How do we know how animals develop?
- Hilary Dugan, integrative biology, How do we know climate change is real? Lakes as a chronicle of our changing planet
- Keith Findley, law, How can we really know who dunnit – the Wisconsin Innocence Project
- Anne Pringle, botany, How can we know where fungi are – and aren’t?
Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Science Festival.
The Wisconsin Book Festival is presented by Madison Public Library in partnership with Madison Public Library Foundation. For program details and the full schedule, go to wisconsinbookfestival.org.
The festival is funded with generous support from Signature Sponsor Marvin J. Levy; Presenting Sponsor Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation; Festival Patron Cheryl Rosen Weston Estate; Festival Sponsors National Endowment forthe Arts and American Girl’s Fund for Children; Contributing Sponsors The Bass Family, Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co., MG&E Foundation and University Research
Park; Media Sponsors The Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal, Isthmus, Madison365 and Wisconsin Public Radio; In-Kind Sponsors KennedyC and the Park Hotel; and Event Supporter A Room of One’s Own. Learn more about funding and support for the festival at wisconsinbookfestival.org/give.