Spooky Science

Prof. Eric Schaller and New York Times best-selling author, Jeff VanderMeer were the featured speakers a MIT Communications Forum on April 6, 2015.  Prof. Schaller and Mr. VanderMeer discussed the ideas that inspired the Southern Reach Trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance).  Prof. Schaller served as a sounding board for scientific concepts that informed VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy and he also illustrated a number of VanderMeer’s novels.  Please click here to view the complete and often hillarious discussion.