From: John Brockman < INIMI> To: Jeff Bezos <jeevacation ICamangar Myhrvold Pa e/Southwortli , Stewart Brand , Max Brockman , George Dyson ail.com>, "W. Daniel Hillis" , Elon Mu.k Pa , Nick Pritzker , Evan Williams , Sergey Brin David Brooks Jeffre E•stein , Salar , Nathan , Lucy , "J.E. Safra" Subject: Master Class 2011 - some ideas Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:28:40 +0000 Attachments: Ramacahndran_SundayTimes.pdf; Ramachandran-NewYorker.pdf; Nowak_Nature.pdf; Brockman London Catalog_2011.pdf For this year's master class I am thinking about inviting one of three very interesting researchers who have important books coming out right now or in the fall: V.S. Ramachandran, Martin Nowak, Steven Pinker. I am thinking of running one event in Napa and another in Washington, CT, next to my Farm. Please keep this confidential because I have not mentioned it to any of the above yet. In terms of dates, I am free all summer accept for the SciFoo weekend at Google Aug 12-14. Feedback, please?? JB V.S. RAMACHANDRAN http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/ramachandran.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilayanur_S._Ramachandran V.S. Ramachandran was just profiled a week ago as the cover story in the London Sunday Times Magazine as "the world's leading neuroscientist". In May, 2009 he received the same major treatment in NEW YORKER profile. See pdfs. His new book The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human has just been published. http://www.amazon.corn/Tell-Tale-Brain-Neuroscientists-Quest-Makes/dp/0393077829 He's a great lecturer and a world-class scientist. In 1993 he gave the BBC Radio Reith Lecture: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/ here's his TED talk 2007: http://www.ted.com/talks/vilayanur_ramachandran_on_your_mind.html MARTIN NOWAK EFTA00656696