Countdown to the 2009 World Science Festival Begins

The countdown to the 2009 World Science Festival has begun. From climate change to the cosmos; from neuroscience to nanotechnology; from mathematical magic to the multiverse—this year’s Festival will feature some of the world’s leading scientific minds, celebrated artists and innovative thinkers.

Among those who have already committed to join us are: Nobel Prize-winning scientists James Watson, Harold Varmus, David Gross, Frank Wilczek, Sir Paul Nurse and William Phillips; renowned authors Bill McKibben and Irene Pepperberg; esteemed researchers E.O. Wilson, James Hansen, Daniel Wegner, Erich Jarvis, Daniel Levitin and Margaret Livingstone; and acclaimed artists Alan Alda, Marin Alsop, and Anna Deavere Smith.

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