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Apollo’s Fire Author Here on Nov. 16

Michael Sims

Michael Sims, the author of Apollo’s Fire, will speak about his newly published book on Friday, November 16, from 1-2 p.m. in the Meagher Theatre.

Apollo’s Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination is a collection of essays on scientific, historical and literary ideas that center on the notion of a day on earth and the cycle of the rising and setting sun. Topics include everything from ozone levels to the myth of Apollo.

In reviewing it, Publisher’s Weekly called Sims “an acclaimed science writer with a flair for giving reality the luster of myth.” Library Journal called it “another marvelous adventure uniting nature and human knowledge and imagination.”

Sims writes regularly for the Washington Post and
L. A. Times, and his work has appeared in New Statesman (England), Financial Times (Australia), Health, Chronicle of Higher Education, American Archaeology, and many other periodicals. He has also written for radio, museum exhibitions, and educational films.

He is the author of two other books. Darwin’s Orchestra: An Almanac of Nature in History and the Arts, was published in 1997. Adam’s Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form, published in 2003, was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book for that year.

Sims will sign books after his presentation.

11/9/07