Archive by date | February 2012

Dante Club author moves out of the inferno and into MIT

Dante Club author moves out of the inferno and into MIT

             Cambridge writer Mathew Pearl is a pro at recreating mid-19th century settings for his mystery novels.  He’s also adept at bringing literary figures like Charles Dickens and Edgar Allen Poe to life – even as he kills them off. Planning the Civil-war era version of an air traffic disaster was a bit more complicated, but he did it for his new novel “The Technologists.”  … Read more

Will weather forecaster face climate change questions on book tour?

Will weather forecaster face climate change questions on book tour?

It will be interesting to hear whether CNN meteorologist Bonnie Schneider touches on climate change when she comes to Boston’s Museum of Science  tonight to launch her book tour. The BU j-school grad is promoting her book, Extreme Weather,  just as activists are taking aim at TV forecasters who don’t support the notion of climate change.   … Read more