Tsunami forecasts quicker, more accurate Oct 1, 2009
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center oceanographer David Walsh consults with Christopher Moore, Marie Elbe and Vasily Titov, who are researchers visiting from Seattle. BRUCE ASATO | The Honolulu Advertiser. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Department News Jul 5, 2009
- Fresno State Announces New Tailgating Rules for 2003 - Save Mart Center Opening Events Announced - New Academic Standard Announced For Athletics - Bulldog Athletes Well-Represented Among Spring Academic All-WAC Teams - Bulldogs Well-Represented Among Spring Academic All-WAC Teams - Eight Bulldog Student-Athletes Named Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award Winners - Many Travel Packages Available in Bid For the Bulldogs - Watney, Carlotti Named Fresno State Athletes of the Year - English Bulldog... (Gobulldogs.com)
Lasers Used To Induce Gamma Brain Waves In Mice May 2, 2009
"We've shown for the first time that it is possible to induce a specific brain state by activating a specific cell type" says co-author Christopher Moore, associate professor of neuroscience and an investigator in the McGovern Institute. In contrast, no gamma oscillations were induced when the fast-spiking interneurons were activated at low frequencies, or when a different class of neurons was activated. (Science Daily)
Relish reading with authors Apr 19, 2009
Popular authors Christopher Moore ("Lamb") and Markus Zusak ("The Book Thief") will be among visiting and local writers sharing a love of story with middle school to college students at the Celebrate Reading festival, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.today at the University of Hawai'i. Panels and sessions feature writers including Kealoha, Witi Ihimaera, Kaui Hart Hemmings, Zusak, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Victoria Kneubuhl, Ryan Oishi and Usma Aslam Khan. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Best-selling books Mar 16, 2009
FOOL, Christopher Moore (William Morrow; 336 pages; $26. 99): A re-imagining of Shakespeare's "King Lear" as told by Lear's jester; by the author of "Lamb" and "You Suck.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
On the Shakespeare Portrait As handsome as his prose Mar 12, 2009
Christopher Moore is the author of "Fool," the comic retelling of Shakespeare's play King Lear. He lives in San Francisco. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Shakespeare's Lear is comedy gold for 'Fool' Feb 24, 2009
Christopher Moore writes that he's "made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, King Lear, and the English language in general." ... FoolBy Christopher MooreWilliam Morrow, 311 pp ... By Craig Wilson, USA TODAY Christopher Moore is a brave man. (USA Today -- Life)
Book Buzz: What's new on the list and in publishing Feb 19, 2009
Fool' rushes in: With his novel Fool, Christopher Moore rejiggers Shakespeare's tragic King Lear into a comedy with randy princesses, codpieces and a jester with sex on his mind. It enters the list at No. 23, the same spot Moore hit on Jan. 25, 2007, with his vampire tale Bite Me. (USA Today -- Life)
