Academy Book Circle: Water Always Wins
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, PhiladelphiaJoin the Academy for the second summer Book Circle to read and discuss Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge by science journalist Erica Gies. Sessions are held every other week on Zoom, from July 27 to August 24, for a total of three sessions. Week 2 Reading Selection: pages 96–207 Chapter 4. Beavers: The Original Water Engineers Chapter 5. Reclaiming Historic Water Knowledge in Modern India Chapter 6. Planting Water: How Water Shaped Culture in Ancient Peru Chapter 7. Let Floodplains Be Floodplains: Antidote to the Industrial Era About Water Always Wins: “In this quietly radical book, science