Wertheim, who has written extensively about science and society for magazines, television, and radio, will give a public lecture on at 4 p.m., in AU's Hotel and Dixon Conference Center auditorium. Her work has appeared in New Scientist, The Sciences, Omni, Science Digest, The New York Times and in PBS documentaries. Wertheim has written 10 TV documentaries, including the award winning series Catalyst which she conceived and co-directed.
Catalyst is a six-part series about science and technology aimed at teenagers.
The Littleton-Franklin Lectures has been sponsored since 1968 by the John and Mary Franklin Foundation of Atlanta. It also recognizes the services of Mosley Professor Emeritus Taylor D. Littleton.