Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, and the Harvard Library welcome
 Bonnie Tsui
—longtime contributor to 
The New York Times 
and the bestselling author of
 Why We Swim
—for a discussion of her new book 
On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
. She will be joined in conversation by 
Annie Murphy Paul
—acclaimed science writer and author of 
The Extended Mind
. This event will take place at the Harvard Science Center, Hall C, located at 1 Oxford St, Cambridge. Following the presentation will be a book signing.
Ticketing
There are two ticket options available for this event.
Free General Admission Ticket:
 Includes admission for one.
Book-Included Ticket:
 Includes admission for one and one hardcover copy of
 On Muscle.
Note: Books bundled with tickets may only be picked up at the venue the night of the event, and cannot be picked up in-store beforehand. Ticket holders who purchased a book-included ticket and are unable to attend the event will be able to pick up their book at Harvard Book Store up to 30 days following the event. This offer expires after 30 days. Please note we cannot guarantee signed copies will be available to ticket holders who do not attend the event.
About 
On Muscle
From the bestselling author of 
Why We Swim
 comes a mind-expanding exploration of muscle that will change the way you think about what moves us through the world.
In 
On Muscle
, Bonnie Tsui brings her signature blend of science, culture, immersive reporting, and personal narrative to examine not just what muscles are but what they mean to us. Cardiac, smooth, skeletal—these three different types of muscle in our bodies make our hearts beat; push food through our intestines, blood through our vessels, babies out the uterus; attach to our bones and allow for motion. Tsui also traces how muscles have defined beauty—and how they have distorted it—through the ages, and how they play an essential role in our physical and mental health.Tsui introduces us to the first female weightlifter to pick up the famed Scottish Dinnie Stones, then takes us on a 50-mile run through the Nevada desert that follows the path of escape from a Native boarding school—and gives the concept of endurance new meaning. She travels to Oslo, where cutting-edge research reveals how muscles help us bounce back after injury and illness, an important aspect of longevity. She jumps into the action with a historic Double Dutch club in Washington, D.C., to explain anew what Charles Darwin meant by the brain-body connection. Woven throughout are stories of Tsui’s childhood with her Chinese immigrant artist dad—a black belt in karate—who schools her from a young age in a kind of quirky, in-house Muscle Academy.
On Muscle 
shows us the poetry in the physical, and the surprising ways muscle can reveal what we’re capable of.
Bios
Bonnie Tsui 
is a longtime contributor to 
The New York Times
 and the author of the new book 
On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters, 
a vivid, thought-provoking celebration of musculature that was named one of NPR's "Books We Love" 2025 and an Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Nonfiction of 2025; it is currently being translated into six languages. Her bestselling books include 
Why We Swim
, a
 New York Times
 Book Review Editors’ Choice and a 
Time
 magazine and NPR Best Book of the Year, and 
American Chinatown
, which won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. Her work has been recognized and supported by Harvard University, the National Press Foundation, and the 
Best American Essays 
series. She lives, swims, and surfs in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Annie Murphy Paul
 is an acclaimed science writer whose work has appeared in 
The New York Times Magazine
, 
Scientific American
, and 
The Best American Science Writing
, among many other publications. Her latest book is 
The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
. She is also the author of 
Origins
, an exploration of the science of prenatal influences, and 
The Cult of Personality
, a cultural history and scientific critique of personality testing. She is currently a senior writer at the podcast and radio program 
Hidden Brain.
Masking Policy
Masks are encouraged but not required for this event.
Harvard Science Book Talks
The Harvard Science Book Talks series is a collaboration between the Harvard University Division of Science, the Harvard Library, and Harvard Book Store. The series features talks by the authors of recently published books on a variety of science-related topics and is open to both the Harvard community and to the general public. Typically, lectures are followed by a book signing with the author and refreshments.
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