Humane and witty ruminations on science, history, philosophy and politics by the bestselling physicist: Dante's universe, Nabokov's butterflies, Einstein's errors, etc.
Natural selection and the table, served as a meal of several courses... beginning with oysters. Who knew of the role of mussels in the exodus of our ancestors from Africa? A fascinating and ... read more
SB-C argues that the secrets of humanity's cognitive development - from the invention of agriculture to musical instruments - can be found in the genes for autism.
The alternative is to learn Tom Lehrer's song by heart: "There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium / And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium..." Even more have been discarvered ... read more
A fascinating introduction to one of the most important Buddhis texts, balanced by Kerr's experiences in Kyoto, Tibet, Mongolia, Korea and India. Kerr has spent most of his adult life living... read more