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Virtual Book Party on Thursday–Win A Free Copy of The Tangled Bank

This Thursday at 2 pm EST, I will be taking part in a virtual book party. The slots are filling up, but there are still some left. Register here.

What’s a virtual book party you ask? In this case, fellow Discover blogger Chris Mooney and I will each give a 15 minute talk about our new books. From the slipper-and-pajama’d comfort of your home or office (if you wear slippers and pajamas at the office), you can listen to us speak and behold our slide presentations in real time. After we’re through, there will be time for a virtual conversation between you and us.

The event (which will last about an hour) is hosted by the American Institute of Biological Sciences. They’ll be giving away copies of The Tangled Bank to two lucky audience members. Hope to some Loom readers can join us!

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February 23rd, 2010 3:37 PM by Carl Zimmer in Talks, The Tangled Bank | 3 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

3 Responses to “Virtual Book Party on Thursday–Win A Free Copy of The Tangled Bank”

  1. 1.   Virtual Book Party on Thursday–Win Copies of Unscientific America | The Intersection | Discover Magazine Says:
    February 24th, 2010 at 8:47 am

    [...] laziness notwithstanding, I will not be outdone by this timely post of Carl’s. Participants in this virtual book party, sponsored by the American Institute of [...]

  2. 2.   Bjørn Østman Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    Yeah! I won the book!

  3. 3.   Sheri Potter Says:
    February 26th, 2010 at 11:14 am

    Hi Carl!

    Thank you so much for joining us at the virtual book party yesterday. The event was a great success, and your presentation was outstanding. I wanted to share the archive URL for the webinar, so that any of your blog readers can hear your presentation if they missed it.

    Let us know if there is anything thing else AIBS can do to support your great work.

    Sheri Potter
    American Institute of Biological Sciences
    spotter@aibs.org

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