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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Carlo Rovelli
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 27 at 6pm PT when bestselling author Carlo Rovelli discusses his latest book\, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution\, on Zoom! \nPlease note this is a ticketed event. \nTickets include admission to the event and a copy of the book with signed bookplate!\nLimited free\, event-only tickets available. \nAbout the Event \n“Rovelli is a genius and an amazing communicator… This is the place where science comes to life.” —Neil Gaiman \nGreen Apple Books proudly presents an evening with world-renowned theoretical physicist and author of the bestselling books Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and The Order of Time\, Carlo Rovelli\, celebrating his latest book\, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution. \nThis evening will include a conversation between Rovelli and a special guest and will be followed by an audience Q+A. Tickets include event access and a signed copy of Helgoland. Zoom login information will be sent no later than the morning of event date\, Thursday\, May 27. \nAbout Helgoland \nA startling new look at quantum theory\, from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and The Order of Time. \nOne of the world’s most renowned theoretical physicists\, Carlo Rovelli has entranced millions of readers with his singular perspective on the cosmos. In Helgoland\, he examines the enduring enigma of quantum theory. The quantum world Rovelli describes is as beautiful as it is unnerving. \nHelgoland is a treeless island in the North Sea where the twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg made the crucial breakthrough for the creation of quantum mechanics\, setting off a century of scientific revolution. Full of alarming ideas (ghost waves\, distant objects that seem to be magically connected\, cats that appear both dead and alive)\, quantum physics has led to countless discoveries and technological advancements. Today our understanding of the world is based on this theory\, yet it is still profoundly mysterious. \nAs scientists and philosophers continue to fiercely debate the meaning of the theory\, Rovelli argues that its most unsettling contradictions can be explained by seeing the world as fundamentally made of relationships rather than substances. We and everything around us exist only in our interactions with one another. This bold idea suggests new directions for thinking about the structure of reality and even the nature of consciousness. \nRovelli makes learning about quantum mechanics an almost psychedelic experience. Shifting our perspective once again\, he takes us on a riveting journey through the universe so we can better comprehend our place in it. \nPraise for Helgoland \n“This entertaining and legible guide paints the history of quantum theory and lays out its possible meanings.” —Scientific American \n“Physicist Rovelli (The Order of Time) dazzles with this look at the ’almost psychedelic experience’ of understanding quantum theory…These are big ideas\, but Rovelli easily leads readers through the knotty logic\, often with lyricism…Readers who follow along will be left in awe.” —Publisher’s Weekly\, STARRED REVIEW \nAbout Carlo Rovelli \nCarlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. He has worked in Italy and the United States\, and is currently directing the Quantum Gravity research group of the Centre de Physique Théorique in Marseille\, France. His books Seven Brief Lessons on Physics\, Reality Is Not What It Seems\, and The Order of Time are international bestsellers that have been translated into more than forty languages. \nTickets are available here.
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LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Launch for Mike Katz & Crispin Kott / Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is thrilled to host the virtual launch for Mike Katz and Crispin Kott and their new book Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area. We’ll have a special video introduction by Joel Gion\, percussionist with the Brian Jonestown Massacre who wrote the foreword to the book. Stay tuned for more information\, but please save the date and join us! \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required. Event link will be sent to everyone who registers. \nYou can order **signed** copies of Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area here. We are happy to fulfill orders anywhere in the world – international postage will be invoiced separately. If you have any questions at all\, don’t hesitate to contact us at events@booksmith.com. \nAbout the book\nSan Francisco’s rich and unique cultural history since its time as a gold rush frontier town has long made it a bastion of forward thinking and freedom of expression. It makes perfect sense\, then\, that both it and the surrounding Bay Area should prove to be a crucible for some of the most enduring and influential music of the rock and roll era. \nFrom the heady days of Haight-Ashbury in the ’60s to today\, San Francisco and the Bay Area have provided a distinctive soundtrack to the American experience that has often been confrontational\, controversial\, enlightening\, and always entertaining. \nPerhaps best known for the ’60s psychedelic scene which included the Grateful Dead\, Jefferson Airplane\, Creedence Clearwater Revival\, Santana\, the Steve Miller Band\, Sly & the Family Stone\, and Janis Joplin\, the Bay Area’s rock and roll history twists and turns like Lombard Street itself. The first wave San Francisco punks wrought the Avengers and Dead Kennedys; punk later gripped the East Bay\, giving us Green Day and Rancid. From the folk and blues eras through the chart-topping sounds of Journey and Huey Lewis & the News. The rock equivalent of Manifest Destiny carried wave upon wave of young musicians in search of fame\, fortune and the great lost chord to Golden Gate City. San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area have collectively produced countless key figures in rock and roll\, from musicians to journalists to entrepreneurs. The modern concept of the vast outdoor rock festival took root in and around San Francisco. \nThe Bay Area is also where music history happened to artists from almost everywhere else: San Francisco is where the Beatles played their final concert and the Sex Pistols fell apart; where the Clash recorded much of their second album; where a drug-addled Keith Moon passed out during a concert by the Who only to be replaced behind the drum kit by an eager fan. \nRock and roll is baked into the Bay Area’s culture and story to this day. A guide to the places that shaped the local scene and world-famous sound\, the Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area will take you to where music makers lived\, rocked\, performed\, recorded\, met\, broke up\, and much\, much more. \nAbout the authors\nMike Katz was born in Atlanta\, came of age in New Orleans\, and eventually made his home in New York City. He is a rock historian\, voracious reader\, veteran bookseller\, photographer\, and father to a much smarter daughter\, Alison. He currently lives in Monterey\, CA. \nCrispin Kott was born in Chicago\, raised in New York\, and has called everywhere from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Atlanta home. An avid music enthusiast and failed drummer\, he’s written for numerous print and online publications\, and has shared with his son Ian and daughter Marguerite a love of reading\, writing\, and record collecting. As a longtime Brooklyn resident and recent returnee to the Bay Area\, Crispin has been able to indulge in his love of Rock & Roll of the past\, present\, and future. \nMike Katz and Crispin Kott also co-authored Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City (Globe Pequot\, June 2018) and Little Book of Rock and Roll Wisdom (Lyons Press\, October 2018). \nJoel Gion is a percussionist with the Brian Jonestown Massacre. In addition to writing the foreword to the Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area\, Gion is creating personal non-fiction on Patreon. \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
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SUMMARY:The GUNCLE Book Launch with Author Steven Rowley
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, May 27\, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for an online book launch of THE GUNCLE with author Steven Rowley. \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85438602842. \nOrder your copy of  THE GUNCLE at https://bit.ly/ggpGuncle\, or in audiobook from Libro.fm at http://bit.ly/GuncleAB. \nDescription\n\nFrom the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer. \nPatrick\, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP\, for short)\, has always loved his niece\, Maisie\, and nephew\, Grant. That is\, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits\, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. But in terms of caretaking and relating to two children\, no matter how adorable\, Patrick is\, honestly\, overwhelmed. \nSo when tragedy strikes and Maisie and Grant lose their mother and Patrick’s brother has a health crisis of his own\, Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian. Despite having a set of “Guncle Rules” ready to go\, Patrick has no idea what to expect\, having spent years barely holding on after the loss of his great love\, a somewhat-stalled acting career\, and a lifestyle not-so-suited to a six- and a nine-year-old. Quickly realizing that parenting–even if temporary–isn’t solved with treats and jokes\, Patrick’s eyes are opened to a new sense of responsibility\, and the realization that\, sometimes\, even being larger than life means you’re unfailingly human. \nWith the humor and heart we’ve come to expect from bestselling author Steven Rowley\, The Guncle is a moving tribute to the power of love\, patience\, and family in even the most trying of times. \nAbout the Author\n\nSteven Rowley is the author of The Editor and the national bestseller Lily and the Octopus\, which has been translated into nineteen languages. He has worked as a freelance writer\, newspaper columnist\, and screenwriter. Originally from Portland\, Maine\, Rowley is a graduate of Emerson College. He lives in Palm Springs\, California. \nPraise For…\n\nOne of O\, The Oprah Magazine‘s “32 LGBTQ Books That Will Change the Literary Landscape in 2021”  \n“A laugh-out-loud heartwarmer.” –O\, The Oprah Magazine \n“Heartwarming\, hilarious…Rowley finds humor and poignancy in the snappy narrative….Readers will find this delightful and illuminating.” –Publishers Weekly
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-guncle-book-launch-with-author-steven-rowley/
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