by Matt Vivion | Nov 3, 2015 | Past Events
NSWA members and guests were invited to meet, chat, and share drinks with science writer and author George Musser following his Nov. 3 talk at Town Hall Seattle on “The ‘Spooky Action’ Shaping Physics.” Musser, a contributing editor at...
by Matt Vivion | Oct 28, 2015 | Past Events
NSWA members and guests joined Ariel Waldman on Oct. 28 to discuss citizen science and hacking the space program. The chat followed her talk at Ada’s Technical Books. Waldman worked at NASA, founded Spacehack.org, and now organizes events to advocate for...
by Matt Vivion | Oct 14, 2015 | Past Events
Members and guests enjoyed a 3D showing of “The Martian” on Oct. 14 at Cinerama. Afterward, the following scientists from the UW Astrobiology program joined us next door at Cantina Lena to chat about the movie: Stephen Wood, a planetary scientist at the UW who...
by Matt Vivion | Sep 16, 2015 | Past Events
Seattle authors Steve Olson and Bonnie Rochman spoke to NSWA members and guests on Sept. 16 about how to tackle the writing, editing and polishing of a manuscript once you have a deal with a publisher. Olson is the author of several trade books, including “Mapping...
by Matt Vivion | Aug 12, 2015 | Past Events
Sandi Doughton and Alan Boyle talked earthquakes and Pluto with members and guests on Aug. 12 NSWA’s own Sandi Doughton (The Seattle Times, author of “Full Rip 9.0: The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest”) and Alan Boyle (formerly of NBC...
by Matt Vivion | Aug 6, 2015 | Past Events
The July “Stories in Stone” walking tour with geology writer David Williams was a big hit. David provided a second tour on Aug. 6, for those who missed out.
