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Francis Slakey
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Francis Slakey

Francis Slakey is the Upjohn Lecturer on Physics and Public Policy at Georgetown University and the Associate Director of Public Affairs at the American Physical Society, where his focus is the intersection of science and society. The founder and co-director of the Program on Science in the Public Interest, a Lemelson Associate of the Smithsonian Institution, and a MacArthur Scholar, Dr. Slakey has been profiled by NPR, National Geographic, and others, and his writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Slate, and Scientific American. In recognition of his adventures, he carried the Olympic Torch from the steps of the U.S. Capitol as part of the... Read full bio

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Life to the Extremes
Kirkus Reviews, May 8, 2012
...At 37, Francis Slakey lived a life with no commitments and no permanent attachments. His primary goal was to travel the world, no strings attached. Read more new and notable nonfiction this May...
The Last Breath: A Memoir of Going to Extremes, To
FOX 31 News KDVR, May 15, 2012
...7:00 PM Google Calendar Yahoo Calendar Aol Calendar Windows Live Calendar Outlook Calendar (iCal) Featuring author Dr. Francis Slakey. Cost: $10 non member; $7 member Venue 900 Baseline Rd. Boulder, CO 80302 Community: Boulder View Map | Get Directions...
Event calendar | Week of May 10, 2012
Boulder Weekly, May 10, 2012
...Boulder, clinicalherbalism.com. To the Last Breath: A Memoir of Going to Extremes — An evening with author Francis Slakey. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-443-9952 Wildflowers of Boulder County Slide Program. 7 p.m....
Dr. Francis Slakey - To the Last Breath: A Memoir of Going to Extremes
Boulder Daily Camera, May 10, 2012
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Life to the Extremes
Kirkus Reviews, May 8, 2012
...At 37, Francis Slakey lived a life with no commitments and no permanent attachments. His primary goal was to travel the world, no strings attached. Read more new and notable nonfiction this May...
05.07.12 Brain Food, Flickr Pool Picks
Manhattan Users Guide, May 8, 2012
...Flickr Pool Picks EXPLORATION Tonight at the Explorers Club, 7pm, To the Last Breath with Francis Slakey, a talk (and new book) by the Georgetown University professor on how the body shapes the mind, a subject he knows well as he became, in 2009, the...
THE 3-MINUTE INTERVIEW: Francis Slakey
Washington Examiner, April 30, 2012
...Slakey is a Georgetown University physicist -- and he's the world's first person to summit the highest mountain on every continent and surf every ocean. His book chronicling his journey will be published this month, and he will speak about his...
Is Building A Nuclear Bomb About To Get Way Easier?
Worldcrunch, April 17, 2012
...for enriching the uranium used in fuel rods is in itself a huge selling point, says American physicist Francis Slakey of Georgetown University in Washington D.C. He calculates that costs would be halved, which would mean that the average American’s...