Science & Technology

"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein

Rovelli’s Sublime Physics
Jennifer Carson looks at "Seven Brief Lessons on Physics" by Carlo Rovelli.
Jennifer CarsonSep 17, 2016
- Science & Technology
Who Will Heal the Doctors?
Suzanne Koven examines “The Finest Traditions of My Calling: One Physician’s Search for the Renewal of Medicine” by Abraham M. Nussbaum.
Suzanne KovenSep 11, 2016
- Science & Technology
Moral Enhancement: A Reality Check
Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan examines “The Myth of the Moral Brain” by Harris Wiseman.
Nayef Al-RodhanSep 9, 2016
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology
The Case Against Cats
Are you a cat person or a bird person? Colin Dickey reviews Peter P. Marra and Chris Santella’s “Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Deadly Killer.”
Colin DickeySep 7, 2016
- Science & Technology
Cloudy With a Chance of Dystopia: Tung-Hui Hu’s “A Prehistory of the Cloud”
Kevin Driscoll on Tung-Hui Hu's "A Prehistory of the Cloud".
Kevin DriscollAug 14, 2016
This New Era
Jessica Gross on Virginia Heffernan's "Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art".
Jessica GrossJul 28, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
- Science & Technology
A Lab of Her Own
Hope Jahren’s "Lab Girl" offers a clear-eyed look back on a modern scientific career, finding both joy and pain.
Jeremy B. YoderJul 18, 2016
- Science & Technology
Genome Tea Leaves
Sheldon Krimsky on "The Gene: An Intimate History" and "The Age of Genomes: Tales from the Front Lines of Genetic Medicine".
Sheldon KrimskyJul 17, 2016
- Science & Technology
Say Something: Chomsky on Language
A review of a collection of Noam Chomsky’s lectures on language.
Stan PerskyJun 26, 2016
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
Life as a Verb: Applying Buckminster Fuller to the 21st Century
Jonathon Keats’s new book “You Belong to the Universe” is rooted in two orthogonal pictures of Buckminster Fuller.
W. Patrick McCrayJun 21, 2016
- Science & Technology
Algorithms: The Future That Already Happened
In “The Master Algorithm”, Domingos envisions an individually optimized future in which our digital better halves learn everything about us.
Michael S. EvansMay 31, 2016
- Science & Technology
Shaping the Future of War: The Important Questions
A look at two books, Christopher Coker's "Future War" and August Cole and P. W. Singer's "Ghost Fleet."
Julie CarpenterMay 23, 2016
- SF
- Science & Technology