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Author Jonah Lehrer offers revelatory insight into the new science of creativity
MADISON—How can we can make our neighborhoods more vibrant, our companies more productive, our schools more effective? By harnessing the new science of creativity. Jonah Lehrer, contributing editor at Wired magazine and the author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist, shares a sparkling and revelatory introduction to the new science of creativity at his free Academy Evening talk on Tuesday, March 27, at 7:00 pm in Promenade Hall, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison.
Entitled Imagine: How Creativity Works, after his new book of the same name, Lehrer’s talk shatters the myth of muses, higher powers, even creative “types.” Lehrer demonstrates that creativity is not a single gift possessed by the lucky few. Rather, it’s a variety of distinct thought processes that we can all learn to use more effectively.
Presented by the Wisconsin Academy with support from Wisconsin Public Radio, this Academy Evening talk is free and open to the public. Join the Wisconsin Academy and Wisconsin Public Radio immediately afterward for refreshments and Meet & Greet with presenter Jonah Lehrer. Copies of his new book will be available for sale before and after the talk, and Lehrer will sign copies at the event following the talk.
About the Speaker
Jonah Lehrer, a contributing editor at Wired magazine, is also a frequent contributor to the New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, and National Public Radio’s Radiolab. He also writes the “Head Case” column for the Wall Street Journal. With a background in neuroscience, literature and philosophy, Lehrer studied at Columbia University and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
About Academy Evenings
Academy Evening talks engage the public in a wide variety of topics of public interest and feature leading thinkers, scholars, and artists. These free forums are intended to encourage interaction with these leaders in an intimate atmosphere that fosters discussion and builds community. The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters sponsors Academy Evenings regularly in Overture Center for the Arts in Madison and at other venues across the state. For more information on Academy Evenings, visit wisconsinacademy.org/talks.
