Talks
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NORDIC DESIGN
A panel discussion explores contemporary Scandinavian design, from Ikea to Volvo. The authors of “New Scandinavian Design” (Chronicle), Raul Cabra and Katherine Nelson, gather five designers – one from each Nordic country – to make individual presentions featuring sneak previews of their current work. The panelists are a Danish designer and ceramicist for Royal Copenhagen, Ole Jensen; Finnish architect and furniture designer Kivi Sotamaa; Icelandic product designer Hrafnkell Birgisson; Norwegian glass designer Cathrine Maske, and Swedish furniture designer Monica Forster. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave., between 37th and 38th streets, 212-847-9740, $15 general, $10 members.
BIKE CHAT
The author of “Bicycle: The History” (Yale University Press), David Herlihy, gives a slide presentation about the early days of bicycle inventions. The League of American Bicyclists sponsors the talk, which is followed by a signing. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Coliseum Books, 11 W. 42nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-5890, free.
CROSSING OVER
Nancy Rubin Stuart discusses her book “The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox” (Harcourt), a biography of a 19th-century girl who claimed she could contact the dead. Tomorrow, 5:30 p.m., New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 122 E. 58th St., between Lexington and Park avenues, 212-755-8532 ext. 36, free.
SCIENCE TIMES
The author of “Isaac Newton” (Pantheon) and “Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman” (Pantheon), James Gleick, talks with the author of “The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Jenny Uglow, about the challenges of writing about lives in science. An MIT professor of physics and writing, Alan Lightman, moderates the talk. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, 212-930-9213, free.
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