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January 22, 2018
Ask Me Anything #AuthorsAMA Tuesday Night 8 pm
Ask Me Anything at #AuthorsAMA! Join me tomorrow night, Tuesday, January 23rd at 8 pm for an Ask Me Anything Q&A. At that time you can ask questions and get answers on Abraham Lincoln, Nikola Tesla, or Thomas Edison, the … Continue reading →
January 17, 2018
Catch Me on C-SPAN
I’m on C-SPAN! The presentation I gave on December 12, 2017 was recorded by C-SPAN and has now been broadcast. You can catch the replay broadcast this coming Sunday, or better yet, check out the link below to watch the … Continue reading →
January 12, 2018
January 16th – Join Lincoln Group of DC for Historian’s Panel
The Lincoln Group of DC is sponsoring a historian’s panel and dinner on Tuesday, January 16th. Join us for a great meal and presentation of ongoing research. To register: http://www.lincolngroup.org/jan2018.html The Lincoln Group of DC has been a venue for … Continue reading →
January 7, 2018
Nikola Tesla Has Died – Nikola Tesla Lives On!
Nikola Tesla passed away 75 years ago, on January 7, 1943. As I noted in Tesla: The Wizard of Electricity: Tesla died in a lonely two-room suite—Room 3327 on the thirty-third floor, appropriately divisible by three—at the Hotel New Yorker … Continue reading →
January 4, 2018
Join Me for My Ask Me Anything #AuthorsAMA
Ask Me Anything at #AuthorsAMA! Anything about Lincoln, Tesla, or Edison, that is, the topics of my three biographies. On January 23rd at 8 pm I’ll be participating in an Ask Me Anything Q&A. At that time you can ask … Continue reading →
January 2, 2018
Reading R Us
When I’m not writing, I’m reading (or traveling). In fact, reading seems to have become how I procrastinate writing, but that’s fodder for another post. For now, let’s talk about my reading. In 2017 I read 116 books, ten more … Continue reading →
December 27, 2017
The Year in a Writer’s Life – 2017
The writing life has kept me busy this past year. In fact, 2017 rivaled 2016 in productivity, especially given I took two long overseas trips (South Korea/China and Australia/New Zealand). [Did you know there are no monkeys in Australia?] In … Continue reading →
December 25, 2017
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Science Traveler
David J. Kent is an avid science traveler and the author of Lincoln: The Man Who Saved America, now available. His previous books include Tesla: The Wizard of Electricity and Edison: The Inventor of the Modern World (both Fall River Press). He has also written two … Continue reading →
December 22, 2017
No Monkeys in Australia
There are no monkeys in Australia. None. I came to this realization as I was hiking through the Great Otway National Park in Victoria, along the Great Ocean Road. There were dozens of varieties of huge eucalyptus trees and prehistoric-looking … Continue reading →
December 19, 2017
The Year in Science Traveling – 2017
Sometimes Science Traveling takes me to distant lands and cultures, and sometimes it takes me closer to my own culture. This year was a little of both. I only took two major trips out of the country, but whoa, were … Continue reading →
