Paper back in hand! On the anniversary of the announcement of the first human procured image of a black hole from Event Horizon Telescope. #BlackHoleSurvivalGuide #BlackHoles @liahalloranstudio @ehtelescope Signed copies (of the hardcover) in the @PioneerWorks Store: https://pioneerworks.org/store/black-hole-survival-guide
Dark Matter masks by @unicorngenius for @pioneerworks
Scientific Controversies: Is Math Invented or Discovered? Upcoming, Free with RSVP @pioneerworks Guests Max Tegmark and Rafael Nunez @mtegmark “The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious… there is no rational explanation for it,” wrote Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner. There are mathematical descriptions of natural phenomena on all scales: Fibonacci series in flowers, logarithmic spirals in snails, fractals in mountain ranges, parabolas in home runs, and pi in the spherical shape of stars, planets, and bubbles. But is math discovered in nature or is it invented by humans and imposed on an agnostic reality? Will mathematics always be able to unlock the mysteries of the universe, or will we come to an end of its utility? https://pioneerworks.org/programs/scientific-controversies-no-25-is-math-invented-or-discovered
Repost from @mulographynyc • Full Lunar Eclipse – 11.57pm over New York City – So great to see so many families standing on Boulevard East in NJ witnessing this incredible event. A kid was so excited explaining to several bystanders exactly what was happening as the moon orbited into the Earth’s umbral shadow causing the shorter red wavelengths of light to refract inwards from our atmosphere onto the moon giving it this distinct color. He was about 10 years old. There’s hope for science yet.
The Nobel Prize in physics that was awarded today builds on John Bell’s seminal 1964 theorem that helped settle some scores and launch the second quantum revolution. This article published in #PWBroadcast breaks down the Bell Test. https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/adam-becker-bell-test
Cool swag for our party. October 15th Pioneer Works welcomes its virtual likeness, Pioneer Works Broadcast, into the real world for the inaugural Broadcast Bash. We’ll be celebrating the artists, scientists, musicians, and writers who’ve made this digital experiment possible, as well as the readers who make the work worthwhile. Enjoy food and drink, music and performance, and surprise special guests—all live, in-person, and off our screens. The evening will include ruminations on the cosmos by Broadcast editor-in-chief Janna Levin, prose by Elvia Wilk and Eileen Myles; double bass player Cole Davis; a special musical act by Swamp Dogg; and DJ sets by Black Helmet and Chances With Wolves. Outside in the garden, telescopes from the Amateur Astronomers Association and other offerings will be situated alongside a bar and food catered by Eat Offbeat. RSVP https://pioneerworks.org/programs/broadcast-bash
Cool swag for our party. October 15th Pioneer Works welcomes its virtual likeness, Pioneer Works Broadcast, into the real world for the inaugural Broadcast Bash. We’ll be celebrating the artists, scientists, musicians, and writers who’ve made this digital experiment possible, as well as the readers who make the work worthwhile. Enjoy food and drink, music and performance, and surprise special guests—all live, in-person, and off our screens. The evening will include ruminations on the cosmos by Broadcast editor-in-chief Janna Levin, prose by Elvia Wilk and Eileen Myles; double bass player Cole Davis; a special musical act by Swamp Dogg; and DJ sets by Black Helmet and Chances With Wolves. Outside in the garden, telescopes from the Amateur Astronomers Association and other offerings will be situated alongside a bar and food catered by Eat Offbeat. RSVP https://pioneerworks.org/programs/broadcast-bash
Cool swag for our party. October 15th Pioneer Works welcomes its virtual likeness, Pioneer Works Broadcast, into the real world for the inaugural Broadcast Bash. We’ll be celebrating the artists, scientists, musicians, and writers who’ve made this digital experiment possible, as well as the readers who make the work worthwhile. Enjoy food and drink, music and performance, and surprise special guests—all live, in-person, and off our screens. The evening will include ruminations on the cosmos by Broadcast editor-in-chief Janna Levin, prose by Elvia Wilk and Eileen Myles; double bass player Cole Davis; a special musical act by Swamp Dogg; and DJ sets by Black Helmet and Chances With Wolves. Outside in the garden, telescopes from the Amateur Astronomers Association and other offerings will be situated alongside a bar and food catered by Eat Offbeat. RSVP https://pioneerworks.org/programs/broadcast-bash
Cool swag for our party. October 15th Pioneer Works welcomes its virtual likeness, Pioneer Works Broadcast, into the real world for the inaugural Broadcast Bash. We’ll be celebrating the artists, scientists, musicians, and writers who’ve made this digital experiment possible, as well as the readers who make the work worthwhile. Enjoy food and drink, music and performance, and surprise special guests—all live, in-person, and off our screens. The evening will include ruminations on the cosmos by Broadcast editor-in-chief Janna Levin, prose by Elvia Wilk and Eileen Myles; double bass player Cole Davis; a special musical act by Swamp Dogg; and DJ sets by Black Helmet and Chances With Wolves. Outside in the garden, telescopes from the Amateur Astronomers Association and other offerings will be situated alongside a bar and food catered by Eat Offbeat. RSVP https://pioneerworks.org/programs/broadcast-bash
Some great pics from Scientific Controversies: Body, Brain, and Consciousness @pioneerworks Will be published on Pioneer Works Broadcast in a few weeks pioneerworks.org/broadcast @davidbyrneofficial
Some great pics from Scientific Controversies: Body, Brain, and Consciousness @pioneerworks Will be published on Pioneer Works Broadcast in a few weeks pioneerworks.org/broadcast @davidbyrneofficial
Some great pics from Scientific Controversies: Body, Brain, and Consciousness @pioneerworks Will be published on Pioneer Works Broadcast in a few weeks pioneerworks.org/broadcast @davidbyrneofficial
Some great pics from Scientific Controversies: Body, Brain, and Consciousness @pioneerworks Will be published on Pioneer Works Broadcast in a few weeks pioneerworks.org/broadcast @davidbyrneofficial
Some great pics from Scientific Controversies: Body, Brain, and Consciousness @pioneerworks Will be published on Pioneer Works Broadcast in a few weeks pioneerworks.org/broadcast @davidbyrneofficial
Some great pics from Scientific Controversies: Body, Brain, and Consciousness @pioneerworks Will be published on Pioneer Works Broadcast in a few weeks pioneerworks.org/broadcast @davidbyrneofficial
Some great pics from Scientific Controversies: Body, Brain, and Consciousness @pioneerworks Will be published on Pioneer Works Broadcast in a few weeks pioneerworks.org/broadcast @davidbyrneofficial
Some great pics from Scientific Controversies: Body, Brain, and Consciousness @pioneerworks Will be published on Pioneer Works Broadcast in a few weeks pioneerworks.org/broadcast @davidbyrneofficial
Some great pics from Scientific Controversies: Body, Brain, and Consciousness @pioneerworks Will be published on Pioneer Works Broadcast in a few weeks pioneerworks.org/broadcast @davidbyrneofficial
Some great pics from Scientific Controversies: Body, Brain, and Consciousness @pioneerworks Will be published on Pioneer Works Broadcast in a few weeks pioneerworks.org/broadcast @davidbyrneofficial
Join us! May 14, Science vs Fiction with Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan to celebrate her new book, The Candy House. We’ll discuss memories, the collective unconscious, and a dystopian present. Pioneer Works is also excited to welcome Semisonic to perform a short acoustic set during the event. Books will be available for sale and a book signing will follow the conversation. RSVP: https://pioneerworks.org/programs/science-vs-fiction-jennifer-egan-on-the-candy-house @pioneerworks @jennifereganwriter
Join us! May 14, Science vs Fiction with Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan to celebrate her new book, The Candy House. We’ll discuss memories, the collective unconscious, and a dystopian present. Pioneer Works is also excited to welcome Semisonic to perform a short acoustic set during the event. Books will be available for sale and a book signing will follow the conversation. RSVP: https://pioneerworks.org/programs/science-vs-fiction-jennifer-egan-on-the-candy-house @pioneerworks @jennifereganwriter
Repost from @pioneerworks – A moon witch, a missing boy, and lots of “funk and stink”; for the newest in Marlon James’ Dark Star Trilogy, the award-winning novelist tells the story of Sogolon, a motherless bush girl turned assassin and avenger. To celebrate the new book, “Moon Witch, Spider King”, PW Director of Sciences Janna Levin (@jannalevin) joins James in conversation on March 26 to discuss fiction, speculation, and fantasy. A book signing with Marlon James will follow the conversation. Learn more and RSVP now at the link in our bio. 🔗 Photo by Mark Seliger (@markseliger).
October 15th Pioneer Works welcomes its virtual likeness, Pioneer Works Broadcast, into the real world for the inaugural Broadcast Bash. We’ll be celebrating the artists, scientists, musicians, and writers who’ve made this digital experiment possible, as well as the readers who make the work worthwhile. Enjoy food and drink, music and performance, and surprise special guests—all live, in-person, and off our screens. The evening will include ruminations on the cosmos by Broadcast editor-in-chief Janna Levin, prose by Elvia Wilk and Eileen Myles; a special musical act by Swamp Dogg; and DJ sets by Black Helmet and Chances With Wolves. Outside in the garden, telescopes from the Amateur Astronomers Association and other offerings will be situated alongside a bar and food catered by Eat Offbeat. Launched in Spring 2020, the Pioneer Works Broadcast encourages radical thinking across the arts and sciences. Through narrative journalism, essays, criticism, and original video and audio, The Broadcast extends the spirit of Pioneer Works beyond its physical walls. Noted contributors include astrophysicists Adam Becker and Joe Patterson, cultural critics Gary Indiana and Sasha Frere-Jones, autofiction pioneer Chris Kraus, New York Times bestselling authors Lauren Groff and Naomi Klein, and poets Kaveh Akbar and Eileen Myles. Jerry Williams––aka Swamp Dogg––began his professional singing career as Little Jerry Williams back in the ’50s before working as an A&R man for Atlantic Records in the late ’60s. Following 2018’s critically acclaimed Love, Loss, And Auto-Tune—his first LP to debut on 11 Billboard charts and his first chart ink since his 1970 song “Mama’s Baby – Daddy’s Maybe”—Sorry You Couldn’t Make It allows Swamp to finally dive into the sound he grew up playing. With the support of Pioneer Works Press, they recorded the album at Nashville’s Sound Emporium with Ryan Olson as producer, and backed by a crack studio band led by Derick Lee, a keyboard virtuoso who worked as the musical director of BET’s Bobby Jones Gospel Show for nearly four decades. https://pioneerworks.org/programs/broadcast-bash
October 15th Pioneer Works welcomes its virtual likeness, Pioneer Works Broadcast, into the real world for the inaugural Broadcast Bash. We’ll be celebrating the artists, scientists, musicians, and writers who’ve made this digital experiment possible, as well as the readers who make the work worthwhile. Enjoy food and drink, music and performance, and surprise special guests—all live, in-person, and off our screens. The evening will include ruminations on the cosmos by Broadcast editor-in-chief Janna Levin, prose by Elvia Wilk and Eileen Myles; a special musical act by Swamp Dogg; and DJ sets by Black Helmet and Chances With Wolves. Outside in the garden, telescopes from the Amateur Astronomers Association and other offerings will be situated alongside a bar and food catered by Eat Offbeat. Launched in Spring 2020, the Pioneer Works Broadcast encourages radical thinking across the arts and sciences. Through narrative journalism, essays, criticism, and original video and audio, The Broadcast extends the spirit of Pioneer Works beyond its physical walls. Noted contributors include astrophysicists Adam Becker and Joe Patterson, cultural critics Gary Indiana and Sasha Frere-Jones, autofiction pioneer Chris Kraus, New York Times bestselling authors Lauren Groff and Naomi Klein, and poets Kaveh Akbar and Eileen Myles. Jerry Williams––aka Swamp Dogg––began his professional singing career as Little Jerry Williams back in the ’50s before working as an A&R man for Atlantic Records in the late ’60s. Following 2018’s critically acclaimed Love, Loss, And Auto-Tune—his first LP to debut on 11 Billboard charts and his first chart ink since his 1970 song “Mama’s Baby – Daddy’s Maybe”—Sorry You Couldn’t Make It allows Swamp to finally dive into the sound he grew up playing. With the support of Pioneer Works Press, they recorded the album at Nashville’s Sound Emporium with Ryan Olson as producer, and backed by a crack studio band led by Derick Lee, a keyboard virtuoso who worked as the musical director of BET’s Bobby Jones Gospel Show for nearly four decades. https://pioneerworks.org/programs/broadcast-bash
