Reads tagged with “science”
Einstein’s Brilliant and Unusual Life, in a Graphic Novel
From relativity to romance, an illustrated chronicle of genius.
Permanent Present Tense: Pioneering Scientist Suzanne Corkin on How the Famous Amnesiac H.M. Illuminates the Paradoxes of Memory and the Self
“Even if we will never completely understand the way the brain works, whatever small part of the truth we are able to learn will bring us one step closer to understanding who we are.”
Eyes on the Stars: Astronaut Ronald McNair, Who Perished in the Challenger Disaster, Remembered by His Brother in an Affectionate Animated Short Film
“When he went out in space and he looked out at the world, he saw no lines of demarcation. It was a world of peace, he said.”
Existential Therapy from the Universe: Physicist Sean Carroll on How Poetic Naturalism Illuminates Our Human Search for Meaning
“The world is what exists and what happens, but we gain enormous insight by talking about it — telling its story — in different ways.”
The Will to Doubt: Bertrand Russell on Free Thought and Our Only Effective Self-Defense Against Propaganda
“The protection of minorities is vitally important; and even the most orthodox of us may find himself in a minority some day, so that we all have an interest in restraining the tyranny of majorities.”
Strange Trees: An Illustrated Atlas of the World’s Arboreal Wonders
From the cocoa tree that gives us chocolate to the Philippines’ rainbow tree, a global tour of rooted marvels.
Your Body Is a Space That Sees: Artist Lia Halloran’s Stunning Cyanotype Tribute to Women in Astronomy
From Hypatia of Alexandria to Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a beguiling homage to the heroines of illuminating the cosmos.
Primo Levi on the Spiritual Value of Science and How Space Exploration Brings Humanity Closer Together
“For good or evil, we are a single people: the more we become conscious of this, the less difficult and long will be humanity’s progress toward justice and peace.”
The Art of Medicine: W.H. Auden on What Makes a Great Physician and How He Influenced Oliver Sacks
“A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of them unique, cannot be a scientist; he is either, like the surgeon, a craftsman, or, like the physician and the psychologist, an artist.”
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