Categories—On the
Beauty of Physics
NEWS RELEASES
New Review in Prism Magazine
April 11, 2006
"A provocative new book helps connect the dots between physics and the humanities..."
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WICN Interview Available
April 4, 2006
The radio interview on WICN is available for archived download in mp3 format.
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Categories is featured on "the 48er"
March 2, 2006
Check out the48er.com, the site consists of brief thumbnail sketches of books, aiming to answer such basic questions as ... What's the book's purpose and method? What's the author's background? What's the mainstream critical consensus on the work? In many cases, a short passage is quoted to help provide a direct sense of what the author's saying and how.
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Categories author Hilary Hamann on WNUR's "The Lit Show"
March 2, 2006
The Lit Show brings the world's best contemporary literature to a wide and diverse audience and is broadcast every Sunday evening from 6:00PM to 6:30PM CST on WNUR 89.3FM Chicago and worldwide on the internet at wnur.org. Visit the site to listen to Ms. Hamann's interview.
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Categories—On the Beauty of Physics on "Inquiry"
February 10, 2006
In April, Categories author Hilary Thayer Hamann will be a featured guest on WICN's "Inquiry" with Mark Lynch. She will be speaking about art and science education as well as the importance of in-home learning. WICN (90.5FM) is broadcast throughout central New England and is also webcast throughout the world. "Inquiry" airs Sundays at 9PM EST USA. Each show consists of two 30-minute interviews about art, history, science and social.
Categories in ElleGirl Magazine
February 8, 2006
Look for Categories—On the Beauty of Physics in the March issue of ElleGirl
Categories author Hilary Hamann on WPFW's "Metro Watch" with Gloria Minott
February 7, 2006
Hilary Hamann, author of Categories—On the Beauty of Physics, was a guest on WPFW's Metro Watch with Gloria Minott on Tuesday, February 7. Ms. Hamann spoke about finding practical solutions for diminishing interest in the sciences among American students. WPFW 89.3 FM is a Pacifica station in Washington, DC.
Upcoming Press
February 1, 2006
Look for Categories in upcoming issues of Poets & Writers, Library Journal, SEED, The Bloomsbury Review, Science Book & Film, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Prism, the journal for the American Society of Engineering Education, and it is being evaluated for review by many other publications.
Categories in the Classroom
February 1, 2006
Categories—On the Beauty of Physics is being used as part of the curriculum in an art and physics class at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and it is under consideration for use in classes at other colleges, including the University of Hong Kong and Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Categories—On the Beauty of Physics featured in Discover
November 7, 2005
Categories—On the Beauty of Physics will be the subject of a two-page feature in December's Discover magazine. Look for it on your local newsstand later this month.
Categories—On the Beauty of Phsyics available this month
November 1, 2005
Categories—On the Beauty of Physics, the first in a series of books that courage readers to make informed and imaginative connections between the sciences and the arts, will be available for purchase at the end of this month. Look for Categories in your local bookstore or online at amazon.com.
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