Stories to Make You Think BIG
17:26 minutes
The new sci-fi anthology Hieroglyph: Stories & Visions for a Better Future has a dual mission: entertain and inspire a new generation of scientists and engineers to think big. Cyberpunk author Neal Stephenson talks about his contribution, a story about building a 20-kilometer-tall tower that scrapes the stratosphere. Structural engineer Keith Hjelmstad weighs in on how we could make it happen. Read an excerpt from the book.
Segment Guests
Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson is a science fiction writer and author of Seveneves (William Morrow, 2015) based in Seattle, Washington.
Keith Hjelmstad
Keith Hjelmstad is a structural engineering professor at the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
Heard on the Air
Read an excerpt from Hieroglyph.
Meet the Producer
About Annie Minoff
@annieminoffAnnie Minoff is a producer for The Journal from Gimlet Media and the Wall Street Journal, and a former co-host and producer of Undiscovered. She also plays the banjo.