Wallace "J." Nichols

Meet the Author Reception
6:00pm
$40 (Includes beer, wine, hearty hors d’oeuvres, and reserved seating at talk)

What if there were a magic substance that, without your doing anything but be close to it, could make you happier at home, more successful at work, healthier in body and soul, more creative, and more compassionate? Acclaimed marine biologist and conservationist Wallace “J.” Nichols Ph.D. believes that water can do all of that. His best-selling new book, Blue Mind, combines cutting-edge neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, human biology, and eco-system analysis with compelling personal stories from top athletes, leading scientists, military veterans, and gifted artists. In conversation with best-selling multi-disciplinary writer and teacher  Jaimal Yogis whose latest book is The Fear Project and James Nestor, who wrote Deep—Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves. Presented by Point Reyes Books as a benefit for Turtle Island Restoration Network.

About Wallace “J.” Nichols: Wallace “J.” Nichols is a Research Associate at California Academy of Sciences and co-founder of Ocean Revolution, an international network of young ocean advocates, SEEtheWILD, a conservation travel network, Grupo Tortuguero, an international sea turtle conservation network, and LiVBLUE, a global campaign to reconnect us to our water planet. He has authored and co-authored more than 50 scientific papers and reports, and his work has been broadcast on NPR, BBC, PBS, National Geographic and Animal Planet and featured in Time, Newsweek, GQ, Outside Magazine, Fast Company, Scientific American and New Scientist, among others.

About Jaimal Yogis: Jaimal Yogis is an multi-disciplinary writer and teacher. His first book, a best-selling coming-of-age memoir called Saltwater Buddha has been translated into numerous languages.  A feature film based on the book is in production. Jaimal’s second book, The Fear Project, is a personal and scientific investigation into fear and courage and is currently being used in a number of schools as a contemporary way of teaching neuroscience and psychology.

About James Nestor: James Nestor’s science/adventure book, DEEP: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves was a BBC Book of the Week, and a New York Times Editors' Choice. The book follows clans of extreme athletes, adventurers, and scientists as they plumb the limits of the ocean's depths and uncover weird and wondrous new discoveries that, in many cases, redefine our understanding of the ocean and ourselves.