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The Cosmic Accident of Life: Alan Lightman on Dark Energy, the Multiverse, and Why We Exist
The Cosmic Accident of Life: Alan Lightman on Dark Energy, the Multiverse, and Why We Exist

How we drew the one we have from the zillions of possible universes in the cosmic lottery hat.

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Virginia Woolf Visits Stonehenge
Virginia Woolf Visits Stonehenge

“The singular & intoxicating charm of Stonehenge … is that no one in the world can tell you anything about it.”

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Herman and Rosie: An Illustrated Ode to Finding a Sense of Purpose and Belonging in the Big City
Herman and Rosie: An Illustrated Ode to Finding a Sense of Purpose and Belonging in the Big City

Why life is like jazz on a New York City rooftop.

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Herman Melville on Writing and His Daily Routine
Herman Melville on Writing and His Daily Routine

“A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf — at any rate it is safer from criticism.”

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Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives
Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives

How to fine-tune the internal monologue that scores every aspect of our lives, from leadership to love.

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The Psychology of Trust in Work and Love
The Psychology of Trust in Work and Love

The science of why tit-for-tat isn’t the best strategy for cooperation and why you should hear out your hunches.

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Norman Mailer on the Paradoxes of Success and What True Growth Means
Norman Mailer on the Paradoxes of Success and What True Growth Means

“Growth is a greater mystery than death. All of us can understand failure … but not even the successful man can begin to describe the impalpable elations and apprehensions of growth.”

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Some of Today’s Most Beloved Children’s Book Illustrators Each Draw Their Favorite Animal
Some of Today’s Most Beloved Children’s Book Illustrators Each Draw Their Favorite Animal

A menagerie of loveliness from some of the world’s greatest illustrators.

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Alice in Quantumland: A Charming Illustrated Allegory of Quantum Mechanics by a CERN Physicist
Alice in Quantumland: A Charming Illustrated Allegory of Quantum Mechanics by a CERN Physicist

Down the rabbit hole of antimatter, or how to believe six impossible things about gender stereotypes before breakfast.

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What Makes People Compelling
What Makes People Compelling

The art of mastering the vital osmosis of two conflicting qualities.

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