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The Wistar Institute Authors Series

The Wistar Institute regularly hosts talks by authors of general-interest books on science and medicine. These events are free and open to the public. The program is part of the Institute's public outreach efforts, which aim to introduce the Institute and its research mission to a wider audience.

2008 Authors Series

Gary Taubes
Good Calories, Bad Calories
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease
May 13, 2008

2007 Authors Series

Paul A. Offit, MD
Vaccinated:
One Man’s Quest to Defeat the World’s Deadliest Diseases
September 18, 2007

Arthur Allen
VACCINE: The Controversial Story of Medicine’s
Greatest Lifesaver
May 22, 2007

2006 Authors Series

David Quammen
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution
September 18, 2006

Nicholas Wade
Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
May 23, 2006

Joyce E. Chaplin
The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius
April 24, 2006

2005 Authors Series

Philip J. Hilts
Rx for Survival: Why We Must Rise to the Global Health Challenge
November 17, 2005

Paul Offit, MD
The Cutter Incident: How America’s First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis
October 20, 2005

Brian Burrell
Postcards from the Brain Museum: The Improbable Search for Meaning in the Matter of Famous Minds
March 24, 2005

Jeffrey Kluger
Splendid Solution
February 23, 2005

2004 Authors Series

Maryn Mckenna
Beating Back the Devil
November 4, 2004

Stephen S. Hall
Merchants of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension
May 4, 2004

John M. Barry
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
Feb. 19, 2004

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