David Kordahl is a graduate student in physics at Arizona State University.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES

Higher Laughter: On Jim Holt
"When Einstein Walked with Gödel" is a perfect bedtime book, with each essay providing a luminous devotional on heavy topics, delivered with a light touch....

Does Science Need Hollywood?
When it comes to story, we should all be Mark Watney....

The Prophets Leave Hometown: Three Physicists Try Philosophy
Three physicists try their hands and minds writing philosophy....

Data Grubbers: Epidemiology, Sabermetrics, Octopus Paul, and You
Of course, one need only visit the latest round of Facebook infographics to know that statisticulation is a robust art....

Fairy Tale Physics and Poisoned Cocktails
Jim Baggott delivers a pummeling to “fairy-tale physics” in this effort to restore a through-line from science, research, and the curious public....

Quantum Absolutism: Lee Smolin’s Time Reborn
LAST YEAR, Jim Holt's Why Does the World Exist? introduced readers to an unusual thing: a science book that ...
