Guttenberg’s Smoking Room is the format of meetings for a wide audience at which participants retell non-fiction books: documentaries or science-popular books on any knowledge field (except for religion, esotery, and politics). After each retelling, the audience may ask questions and make comments.

This time, the following books will be presented:

• The Decline of the West, Oswald Spengler. Presentation by Vladimir Savrasov.
• Think Like an Anthropologist, Matthew Engelke. Presentation by Daria Fadeeva.
• Pyotr Stolypin. Political Portrait, Pavel Zyryanov. Presentation by Viktor Kalitvyansky.
• Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Oliver Sacks. Presentation by Lesya Mesyatseva.

Tea and discussions will entertain participants between reports.

Date and Time: 30 November 2024, at 6:00 PM. Free access

Venue: JINR Universal Public Library (13/7, Blokhintsev str.)

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