Zombie Tits, Ungifted and Animal Wise Authors Win Scientific American s Summer Reading Poll
By Bryan Bumgardner
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Join our G+ Hangout On Air at noon today (Friday, July 26) with the three winning authors, here:
G+ Hangout on Air with Virginia Morell, Rebecca Crew and Scott Barry Kaufman, hosted by SA blogger Joanne Manaster
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The votes are in for Scientific American’s poll in which we asked readers to choose their favorite authors from our list of the best summer science books of 2013.
We are excited to announce our three winners!
Becky Crew, author of Zombie Tits, Astronaut Fish and other Weird Creatures
Scott Barry Kaufman, author of Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined
Virginia Morell, author of Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of our Fellow Creatures
All three authors are set to join us live for a Google Plus Hangout on Air at noon Eastern on Friday, July 26. We invite you to join in and pose questions to our authors. The Hangout will be hosted by Joanne Manaster, who blogs for Scientific American at PsiVid.
The Google Plus event page can be found here.
If you have any comments or questions in advance, please post them below in the comments section.
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