Sam Kean

Science, math, and tech can be discouraging. All too often, people get bogged down and quit before reaching their potential. Which is a shame. All of us, when we were younger, experienced the awe and wonder of science at some point—whether it involved gaping at dinosaurs at a museum, or catching glimpses of exotic animal at the zoo, or seeing a shooting star streak overhead at night. Sam Kean helps people of all ages tap into that child-like wonder, and make science come alive again.

His talks cover stories from his New York Times bestselling books, on everything from scientific true crimes tales to the nerdy joys of the periodic table or human genome to experimental archaeology—a field where scientists recreate the meals King Tut ate and make human mummies in modern times. In addition to entertaining, he explains how he turned his passion for science into a career outside the lab, as well as offers concrete details for how to harness the power of storytelling to make science come alive and make it stick in people’s minds.