A speech for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Sep 18, 2009
Next month, I am scheduled to give a short speech (three to five minutes in length) at the annual induction ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston. This is a bit different from the usual scientific talks that I am used to giving; there are no slides, blackboards, or other visual aids available, and the audience of Academy members is split evenly between the humanities and the sciences, so this will be an interesting new experience for me. (The last time I gave a speech
