Barbara Oakley on “Evil Genes”
Join us for a special presentation by Professor Barbara Oakley on her new book, Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hilter Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend. Oakley explores human evil from a scientific perspective, detailing recent advances in brain imaging and genetics that have implications for traditional views of evil. Evil Genes discusses why a scientific understanding of evil is important.
Barbara Oakley has been dubbed a "female Indiana Jones." Her writing combines worldwide adventure with solid research expertise. Among other adventures, she has worked as a Russian translator on Soviet trawlers in the Bering Sea, served as radio operator at the South Pole Station in Antarctica, and rose from private to regular army captain in the U.S. Army. Currently an associate professor of engineering at Oakland University in Michigan, Oakley is a recent vice president of the world's largest bioengineering society and holds a doctorate in the integrative discipline of systems engineering.
Wednesday, June 4, 6:30 p.m.
Shetler Studio Annex
939 8th Avenue (between 55-56th Sts), 2nd Floor (wheelchair accessible)
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. (Suggested donation: $5.) Co-sponsored with the Scular Humanist Society of New York.
