“The greatest pleasure in science comes from theories that derive the solution to some deep puzzle from a small set of simple principles in a surprising way.” Every year since 1998, intellectual impresario and Edge editor John Brockman has been posing a single grand question to some of our time’s greatest thinkers across a wide spectrum of disciplines, then… Continue reading This Explains Everything: 192 Thinkers on the Most Elegant Theory of How the World Works
Category: Book Reviews
Talking With Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Here is my latest interview appearing in Audiofile Magazine. No, I didn’t get to speak with her, but she gave us a nice quote to use. My audio review of the book using Soundcloud is here. Click the orange arrow at the top of the page to play it. Talking With SONIA SOTOMAYOR On the… Continue reading Talking With Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Author Of ‘Things Fall Apart’ Dies At 82
Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian novelist seen by millions as the father of African literature, has died at the age of 82. African papers were reporting his death following an illness and hospital stay in Boston this morning, and both his agent and his publisher later confirmed the news to the Guardian. Simon Winder, publishing director at Penguin,… Continue reading Author Of ‘Things Fall Apart’ Dies At 82
Book Review: The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth
High school is a place where you seem to live or die by the clique you are part of. Perhaps you’re the football star or the cheerleader captain, on the opposite end of the “popularity” spectrum are the band geeks or nerds. Each clique seems to(or at least attempt) define how you act, look, dress,… Continue reading Book Review: The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth