A Series of Fortunate Events: Sean B. Carroll in Conversation with Ziya Tong

Sean B. Carroll and Ziya Tong 

A Series of Fortunate Events: Sean B. Carroll in Conversation with Ziya Tong

Sean B. Carroll and Ziya Tong 

7:30pm

Sunday, November 1, 2020

60 mins

Award-winning scientist, author and educator Sean B. Carroll joins Ziya Tong (The Reality Bubble) for a conversation about the surprising power of chance in our lives and the world. In his latest book, A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You, Carroll delves into tough questions that philosophers and theologians have pondered for millennia (How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason?), and uncovers startling scientific discoveries that reveal we may actually live in a world driven by chance.

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Award-winning scientist, author and educator Sean B. Carroll joins Ziya Tong (The Reality Bubble) for a conversation about the surprising power of chance in our lives and the world. In his latest book, A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You, Carroll delves into tough questions that philosophers and theologians have pondered for millennia (How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason?), and uncovers startling scientific discoveries that reveal we may actually live in a world driven by chance.

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Sean B. Carroll
Sean B. Carroll is an award-winning scientist, writer, educator and film producer. He is Vice President for Science Education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Balo-Simon Chair of Biology at the University of Maryland. His books include The Serengeti Rules, Brave Genius and Remarkable Creatures, which was a finalist for the National Book Award.

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Ziya Tong 
Award-winning broadcaster Ziya Tong is best known as the anchor of Daily Planet, Discovery Channel’s flagship science program. Her first book The Reality Bubble was shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize in 2020 and earned praise from luminaries including Naomi Klein and David Suzuki who call Tong’s book “required reading for all who care about what we are doing to the planet.” In the spring of 2019, Ziya participated in CBC’s annual battle of the books. After a national four-day debate, she won Canada Reads for the defence of Max Eisen’s holocaust memoir. 

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7:30pm

Sunday, November 1

60 mins

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