Reads tagged with “science”
The Transcendent Brain: The Poetic Physicist Alan Lightman on Spirituality for the Science-Spirited
A largehearted invitation to “stand on the precipice between the known and the unknown, without fear, without anxiety, but instead with awe and wonder at this strange and beautiful cosmos we find ourselves in.”
God, Human, Animal, Machine: Consciousness and Our Search for Meaning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
An inquiry into the eternal enchantment of why the world exists.
The Poetry of Science: A Victorian Portal to Wonder
“Truth cannot die; it passes from mind to mind, imparting light in its progress, and constantly renewing its own brightness during its diffusion. The True is the Beautiful; and the truths revealed to the mind render us capable of perceiving new beauties on the earth.”
The Stoic Key to Fulfilling Your Destiny: Seneca on Nature and Human Nature
“The mind enjoys the complete and perfect benefit of its human destiny only when… entering the secret heart of nature.”
The Remarkable Story of the Dawn Redwood: How a Living Fossil Brought Humanity Together in the Middle of a World War
How an ancient survivor of the unsurvivable became a triumph of the human spirit in a divided world.
Nikolai Vavilov and the Living Library of Resilience: The Story of the World’s First Seed Bank and the Tragic Hero of Science Who Set Out to End Humanity’s Suffering
The most moving story of self-sacrifice in the history of science.
Einstein on Free Will and the Power of the Imagination
“Human being, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to an invisible tune, intoned in the distance by a mysterious player.”
Dinosaurs of the Sky: Consummate 19th-Century Scottish Natural History Illustrations of Birds
From pigeons to parakeets, an uncommonly beautiful celebration of biodiversity.
The Ants, the Bees, and the Blind Spots of the Human Mind: How Entomologist Charles Henry Turner Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Evolution of Intelligence and Emotion
“The handicaps under which Dr. Turner’s work was accomplished were many, and were modestly and bravely met.”
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