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The Center for Science Writings presents 'The Evolution of God,' Dec. 2

Author and Bloggingheads.tv host Robert Wright will be featured

Book Announcement

Stevens Institute of Technology

HOBOKEN, N.J. — The Center for Science Writings at Stevens Institute of Technology will present "The Evolution of God," a talk by Robert Wright, journalist and founder, Bloggingheads.tv, Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 4:00-5:30 p.m. at the Babbio Center for Technology Management, Room 122. The event is free and open to the public and the media.

In his new book "The Evolution of God," the bestselling journalist Robert Wright, renowned for his popular works on evolutionary psychology, presents a radical interpretation of the evolution of religion and of our concepts of God.

A front-page review in The New York Times calls Wright's book "brilliant," "provocative and controversial." This talk, in which Wright airs the themes of his book, will be one of several "Darwin Day" events at Stevens to honor the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species."

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The Center for Science Writings is an enterprise of the College of Arts & Letters at Stevens Institute of Technology. For more information, contact CSW Director John Horgan, john.horgan@stevens.edu, or visit stevens.edu/csw.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value. Stevens offers baccalaureates, master's and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens' graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.

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