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NIH Big Read 2019: Author Helen Thomson in "Unthinkable" Conversation with NIH Director Francis Collins

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Air date:	Friday, June 7, 2019, 1:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 755 (499 Live, 256 On-demand)
Category:	Special
Runtime:	00:55:15
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Description:	Author and science journalist Helen Thomson visits NIH on Friday, June 7 to discuss her book “Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains” with NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins in Masur Auditorium. This presentation is the final event of the NIH Big Read 2019, a collaborative program presented by the NIH Library and the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES). The NIH Big Read 2018 began with a series of book discussions about “Unthinkable” and concludes with this special author event. For more information go to https://www.nihlibrary.nih.gov/nih-big-read

NLM Title:	NIH Big Read 2019 : author Helen Thomson in "Unthinkable" conversation with NIH Director Francis Collins.
Author:	Thomson, Helen. Collins, Francis S. NIH Big Read Program, National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Library, Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (Bethesda, Md.),
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Abstract:	(CIT): Author and science journalist Helen Thomson visits NIH on Friday, June 7 to discuss her book "Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains" with NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins in Masur Auditorium. This presentation is the final event of the NIH Big Read 2019, a collaborative program presented by the NIH Library and the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES). The NIH Big Read 2018 began with a series of book discussions about "Unthinkable" and concludes with this special author event.
Subjects:	Books Brain Diseases--physiopathology Brain--physiology Mental Disorders--physiopathology Writing
Publication Types:	Case Reports Interview Webcast

NLM Classification:	WL 348
NLM ID:	101750705
CIT Live ID:	31900
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=31900

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