Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson, a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, is an astrophysicist, and science communicator. A former advisor to NASA and author of fifteen books, Tyson is host and narrator of the Emmy-winning series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and Cosmos: Possible Worlds and hosts the StarTalk podcast and television series. Tyson is the director of the world-renowned Hayden Planetarium in New York City and is a research associate of the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History.
Brian Cox
Brian began his career in the music industry as keyboard player with rock band Dare and later with chart-toppers D:Ream. In 1995 he obtained a first class honours degree in physics from the University of Manchester and in 1998 a PhD in High Energy Particle Physics at the DESY laboratory in Hamburg. Brian is now Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Brian is credited with boosting the popularity of subjects such as astronomy and physics and has garnered a host of accolades for his TV work, including two Royal Television Society awards and a Peabody Award.
Banachek
Banachek was born in England on November 30, 1960. He was schooled in South Africa and the United States. It was while living in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, that Banachek saw his first magician at a high school function at the age of fourteen. He was intrigued but not enough to delve much further into that secret world. In 1976, the bicentennial year of the United States, Banachek moved to the U.S. It was at the end of this same year that he picked up a worn copy of James Randi’s book The Truth about Uri Geller. Banachek’s Mind Games Live is in Las Vegas at the prestigious Strat hotel, Casino and Skypod.
Michael Mann
Dr. Michael E. Mann is Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. He is director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media (PCSSM).
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The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry is delighted to announce our annual Call for Papers. Selected applicants will have the opportunity to give a talk at the Sunday Morning Papers session of CSICon 2024.
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