Writing Compelling Science Books with Ainissa Ramirez
When:
Tuesday, Mar 11, 2025 9:00a -
12:00p
Tuesday, Mar 11, 2025 9:00a -
12:00p
Where:
MIT Museum
314 Main Street, Gambrill Center, Building E-28
Cambridge, MA 02142
Admission:
$20-30
Hosted by:
Categories:
Classes
Event website:
https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/masterclass-series-at-the-mit-museum
Authors can transform mountains of information into an engaging book by employing the craft of storytelling. In this masterclass, Dr. Ainissa Ramirez, the award-winning author of The Alchemy of Us, will share lessons including how to hook a reader, ways to develop a theme, how to nurture one's voice, and ways to build a structure to create your own book. She also will provide tips on ways to incorporate the human element into a book project by employing a range of sources -- from interviews to archival materials. Participants can expect in-class activities to punch-up their prose.
About the Instructor
Ainissa Ramirez, PhD. is an award-winning scientist and science communicator. A graduate of Brown University, she earned her doctorate in materials science and engineering from Stanford. Ramirez began her career as a scientist at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey and later worked as an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Yale.
Ramirez is passionate about getting the general public excited about science. She has appeared as a science expert on CBS, CNN, NPR, ESPN, The History Channel, and PBS. She has also written for Time, Forbes, The Atlantic, Science, Nature, and Scientific American. Her most recent book, The Alchemy of Us (MIT Press, 2020) was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize, and was selected as a top science book by both Smithsonian Magazine and Science Friday. Her expertise in communicating science to the public has also been lauded by the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society, for which she was elected a Fellow.
Currently, Ramirez is writing a series of nonfiction children's science books for MIT Kids Press/Candlewick and Charlesbridge. You can find out more about her at www.ainissaramirez.com.
Register for this masterclass here.
