This week at the beach I also got a chance to read Chris Hayes’ superb social commentary, “Twilight of the Elites.” Instead of gathering thoughts
So this post is going to be about fixing my house, my dad, and a great great book I’ve read recently. As is my inclination,
This chapter deals with an enduring theme in my own thoughts, and a tension between the practice of science and the limits of the human
The subtitle of this chapter is “But Doctor, what does it really mean?” What does gravity really mean? Not just measurements of how fast things
The first chapter begins with where we all hate to begin, but we must: The Freud problem. Despite having loosed his grip on the world
I recently finished a fantastic little book, and I have to share it with you. It is called Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose, by
The Three-Pound Enigma: The Human Brain and the quest to unlock its mysteries By Shannon Moffett $24.95 Algonquin Books What could be more fascinating than
> Fool’s Paradise: The Unreal World of Pop Psychology, by Stewart Justman. Ivan R. Dee, September, 2005. $27.50 You have heard of Dr. Phil, you
> My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student, by Rebekah Nathan. Cornell, September 2005, $24 While the “Ivory Tower” of higher
