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MEDIA ADVISORY
ANGELS AND AGES: Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life
A conversation between Adam Gopnik and Bernard-Henri Levy
A free event at Cooper Union open to the public
WHAT: Centered around acclaimed writer Adam Gopnik’s new book, Angels and Ages, A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln and Modern
Life, Bernard-Henri Lévy, one of the world’s leading intellectuals, will join Gopnik at Cooper Union’s Great Hall for a discussion of Angels and
Ages. Lincoln and Darwin were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin; Charles Darwin on an English
country estate. Each worked to inspire significant change in mankind’s understanding of itself. Gopnik and Levy will discuss how these two
giants, who never met, altered the way we think about death and time—about the very nature of earthly existence. Gopnik is the author of
Paris to the Moon and Through the Children’s Gate and is a writer of The New Yorker. Lévy, a New York Times bestselling author of
American Vertigo, recently published Left in Dark Times. He has written dozens of books such as Barbarism with a Human Face and Who
Killed Daniel Pearl? His writing has appeared in a wide range of publications throughout Europe and the United States. His films include the
documentaries Bosnia! and A Day in the Death of Sarajevo. Lévy is co-founder of the antiracist group SOS Racism and has served on
diplomatic missions for the French government.
WHEN: Monday, February 23, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Cooper Union, Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street, 2nd Floor, 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003
Subways: Astor Place (6), 8th Street (N, R,W)
FOR MORE INFORMATION: 212.353.4195 or www.cooper.edu
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The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is a distinguished private college of art, architecture and engineering
founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper, an inventor, industrialist and philanthropist. Since its founding, all admitted students have
received full-tuition scholarships.
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Jolene Travis
Assistant Director of Public Affairs, Media Relations
The Cooper Union for the
Advancement of Science and Art
30 Cooper Square, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
212 353-4158
212 353-4182 fax
jolene@cooper.edu
www.cooper.edu
ANGELS AND AGES: Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life
A conversation between Adam Gopnik and Bernard-Henri Levy
A free event at Cooper Union open to the public
WHAT: Centered around acclaimed writer Adam Gopnik’s new book, Angels and Ages, A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln and Modern
Life, Bernard-Henri Lévy, one of the world’s leading intellectuals, will join Gopnik at Cooper Union’s Great Hall for a discussion of Angels and
Ages. Lincoln and Darwin were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin; Charles Darwin on an English
country estate. Each worked to inspire significant change in mankind’s understanding of itself. Gopnik and Levy will discuss how these two
giants, who never met, altered the way we think about death and time—about the very nature of earthly existence. Gopnik is the author of
Paris to the Moon and Through the Children’s Gate and is a writer of The New Yorker. Lévy, a New York Times bestselling author of
American Vertigo, recently published Left in Dark Times. He has written dozens of books such as Barbarism with a Human Face and Who
Killed Daniel Pearl? His writing has appeared in a wide range of publications throughout Europe and the United States. His films include the
documentaries Bosnia! and A Day in the Death of Sarajevo. Lévy is co-founder of the antiracist group SOS Racism and has served on
diplomatic missions for the French government.
WHEN: Monday, February 23, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Cooper Union, Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street, 2nd Floor, 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003
Subways: Astor Place (6), 8th Street (N, R,W)
FOR MORE INFORMATION: 212.353.4195 or www.cooper.edu
* * *
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is a distinguished private college of art, architecture and engineering
founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper, an inventor, industrialist and philanthropist. Since its founding, all admitted students have
received full-tuition scholarships.
--
Jolene Travis
Assistant Director of Public Affairs, Media Relations
The Cooper Union for the
Advancement of Science and Art
30 Cooper Square, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
212 353-4158
212 353-4182 fax
jolene@cooper.edu
www.cooper.edu
Cooper Union
| The New York Optimist February 2009 |
