Reads tagged with “science”
200 Years of Frankenstein: Mary Shelley’s Masterpiece as a Lens on Today’s Most Pressing Questions of Science, Ethics, and Human Creativity
“The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind.”
How to Eat an Apricot: Diane Ackerman on Art, Science, and Wonder
“First warm its continuous curve in cupped hands, holding it as you might a brandy snifter, then caress the velvety sheen with one thumb, and run your fingertips over its nap…”
The Mangrove and the Meaning of Life: Annie Dillard on What Earth’s Most Otherworldly Trees Teach Us About Being Human
“We don’t know where we belong, but in times of sorrow it doesn’t seem to be here… where space is curved… we’re all going to die, and it seems as wise to stay in bed as budge.”
Pythagoras on the Purpose of Life and the Meaning of Wisdom
Abiding insight into the aim of human existence from the man who revolutionized science and coined the word “philosopher.”
Nabokov’s Synesthetic Alphabet: From the Weathered Wood of A to the Thundercloud of Z
“The long A of the English alphabet… has for me the tint of weathered wood, but a French A evokes polished ebony.”
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, Explained in a Pioneering 1923 Silent Film
“This theory has opened an unlimited field for speculations, dreams, and fantasies… And now, with the eyes of the world turned upon him, there sits in a quiet little study in Europe, a genius delving ever-deeper into the mysteries of the Universe.”
William James on Consciousness and the Four Features of Transcendent Experiences
“Our normal waking consciousness… is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different… No account of the universe in its totality can be final which leaves these other forms of consciousness quite disregarded.”
How to Befriend the Universe: Philosopher and Comedian Emily Levine on the Art of Meeting Reality on Its Own Terms
From Newton to quantum physics to Hannah Arendt, a mind-bending, heart-opening invitation to welcome nature exactly as it is and ourselves exactly as we are.
Singularity: Poet Marie Howe’s Beautiful Tribute to Stephen Hawking and Our Belonging to the Universe
“Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity we once were?”
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