historical knowledge and world citizenship
Few writers have meant as much to me, as consistently, over many years as Loren Eiseley — I say a bit about my...
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growth and form
In my previous post I explored some of the biological contexts of the idea of morphosis, form-changing, in Pynchon’s...
the giant in the library
The technological history of modernity, as I conceive of it, is a story to be told in light of a theological...
Oppenheimer
from the Life magazine archives Ray Monk’s biography of Robert Oppenheimer is a long but fascinating book. (Monk is...
climate science and public scrutiny
Eric Holthaus writes in Slate about a new climate study led by James Hansen that argues that we are likely to see ocean...
the devil’s bargain: part 2
inc.com I promised a follow-up to my previous post, so here I am. In this post and the next I want to discuss two...
uncomfortable
When I returned from the physical shock of Nagasaki, which I have described in the first page of this book, I tried to...
my course on the "two cultures"
FOTB (Friends Of This Blog), I have a request for you. This fall I’m teaching a first-year seminar for incoming...
Fermi’s paradox and hegemonising swarms
Over on Twitter, Robin Sloan pointed me to this post about the Fermi paradox, which got me thinking about that idea...
real-life science heroes!
I recently stopped reading the much-acclaimed comic The Manhattan Projects largely because of its mindless violence —...