Episode 83 – Sam Kean’s Stories from the Human Genome

Sam Kean

After the summer release of “The Violinist’s Thumb and Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code,” we got a chance to catch up with science writer Sam Kean.  Sam talks to us about his book, science writing, and how educators might use his stories in the science classroom.

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Links:

• The Violinists’ Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code (Amazon.com)
• Read an Excerpt
• Listen to an Excerpt

• Lab Out Loud Episode 52: Science We Can Read About
• Sam Kean on Slate.com
• Sam Kean on NPR
• Sam Kean’s Science History Romp
• Radiolab: Double Blasted

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