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Monday December 31, 2007

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Week of December 31, 2007

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10:00Ira Flatow: "Present at the Future" (Collins) (Rebroadcast)

The host of the popular NPR program 'Science Friday' talks about what he's learned during his more than three decades interviewing leading scientists.

Guests

Ira Flatow, NPR science correspondent, anchor of Talk of the Nation: Science Friday, and author of "Rainbows, Curve Balls and Other Wonders of the Natural World Explained" and "They All Laughed."

11:00Eugene Drucker: "The Savior" (Simon & Schuster) (Rebroadcast)

The debut novel by acclaimed violinist Eugene Drucker takes place during the waning days of World War II in Germany. A German violinist is forced to participate in a diabolical experiment at a concentration camp. The story touches on the relationship between performer and audience, good versus evil, and the juxtaposition of beautiful art with the horrors of the Holocaust.

Guests

Eugene Drucker, violinist and founding member of the Emerson String Quartet.

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