March 12, 2004, Hour One: Steven Johnson's 'Mind Wide Open' / Einstein at 125

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Hour Two: Steven Johnson's 'Mind Wide Open' / Einstein at 125

Can knowing how your brain works help you get promoted or improve your interpersonal relationships? Could it affect your golf game? In this hour of Science Friday, we'll delve into the neuroscience of everyday life with guest Steven Johnson, author of "Mind Wide Open."

Plus, evaluating Einstein. On the occasion of his 125th birthday, We'll also take a look at his legacy to science and to activism. How might he react to world events today? What Would Einstein Do?

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Guests:
Steven Johnson
"Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life," (Scribner, 2004); "Emergence: The Connected Lives of Brains, Ants, Cities, and Software," (Scribner, 2001)
"Emerging Technologies" Columnist, Discover Magazine
New York, New York
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Thomas Levenson
Author, "Einstein in Berlin" (Bantam, 2003)
Executive Producer, upcoming PBS NOVA series "Origins"
Boston, Massachusetts

This segment produced by Annette Heist

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Books/Articles Discussed:
"Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life," by Steven Johnson. Scribner, 2004.

"Einstein in Berlin" by Thomas Levinson. Bantam, 2003.

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