Write Science: Solvable

When:
Saturday, Oct 19, 2024 2:00p -
3:30p

Where:
MIT Museum
314 Main Street, Gambrill Center, Building E-28
Cambridge, MA 02142

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Admission:
$free with museum admission

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Categories:
Innovation, Rainy Day Ideas

Event website:
https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/write-science

Join MIT Professor and Solvable author Susan Solomon and atmospheric scientist Noelle Selin to explore a compelling and pragmatic argument: solutions to yesterday's environmental problems reveal today's path forward.


We solved planet-threatening problems before and we can do it again. Susan Solomon knows firsthand what those solutions entail. She first gained international fame as the leader of an expedition to Antarctica in 1986, making discoveries that were key to healing the damaged ozone layer. She saw a path -- from scientific and public awareness to political engagement, international agreement, industry involvement, and effective action. Solomon, an atmospheric scientist and award-winning author, connects this career-defining triumph to the inside stories of other past environmental victories -- against ozone depletion, smog, pesticides, and lead -- to extract the essential elements of what makes change possible.


Solvable is a book for anyone who has ever despaired about the climate crisis. As Solomon reminds us, doom and gloom get us nowhere, and idealism will only take us so far. The heroes in these stories range from angry mothers to gang members turned social activists, to upset Long Island birdwatchers to iconoclastic scientists (often women) to brilliant legislative craftsmen. Solomon's authoritative point of view is an inspiration, a reality check, a road map, and a much-needed dose of realism. The problems facing our planet are Solvable. Solomon shows us.


Copies of Solvable will be available for purchase onsite from the MIT Press Bookstore.


Free with Museum admission.

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