Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. I'm your host, Kara Santa Maria, and my guest tonight is a spectacular science writer whose new book seeks to understand the self.

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All right, so I'm really excited to introduce you tonight

to Jennifer Wielay.

You may know her from her blog,

Cocktail Party Physics on the Scientific American blog

network.

She's also the author of the calculus diaries, the physics of the Buffyverse, and an awesome

book called Black Bodies and Quantum Cats.

Now her newest book is called Me, Myself, and Why,

searching for the science of self.

Jennifer, thank you so much for joining me today to talk nerdy.

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