Smolin at Kepler's in Menlo Park on Wednesday

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Smolin's book The Trouble with Physics is having considerable impact---approaching fourth week as #1 best seller.
Somebody, maybe Houghton Mifflin the publishers, scheduled quite a tour to promote it:

September 2006
Sept 20, 7:30 pm Innis Town Hall, Toronto, with Jay Ingram0th
Sept 25, 6:30 pm New York City Hayden Planetarium space theater
Sept 26, 7 pm Princeton NJ, Princeton University Store
Sept 27, 7:30 pm Kepler's book store, Menlo Park, California
Sept 28, 7 pm Bookshop West Portal, San Fransisco California
Sept 29, 1:30 pm Microsoft, Seattle
Sept 29, 7:30 pm Pacific Science Center, University Book Store, Seattle

October 2006
Oct 1, 6 pm Ottawa International Writers Festival
Oct 4, 7 pm Milwaukee, Harry W Schwartz Bookstore, Donner Ave.
Oct 5, 7 pm Chicago, Seminary Coop bookstore
Oct 6, 7 pm Chicago, Adler Planetarium, Far-out Friday
Oct 7, 3:15 pm Mensa Colloquium, Albany NY
Oct 17, 6:30 pm New York City, Cooper Union, Panel on Intelligent Thought

Imagine, Hayden Planetarium Space Theater!
And Kepler's is THE Silicon Valley bookstore. It's a tradition on the Peninsula.
And then off to Seattle to talk at Microsoft.
this booktour is a cultural event.
EDIT: I decided, for the sake of decorum, to tone this post down.

http://www.thetroublewithphysics.com/ click on "public appearances"
 
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amazon gen phys bestseller list
6:00 PM pacific Saturday 23 September

1. Trouble with Physics #232
2. Not Even Wrong #1006
3. Elegant Universe # 1151
4. Road to Reality #1282
5. Physics for Dummies #1393

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