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Godzooks
David Berlinski
David Berlinski reviews Yuval Noah Harari’s Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow. To the question of whether human beings are shortly to become like gods, Berlinski answers not any time soon.
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Behavior
David Lahti
David Lahti reviews a recent book on how and to what extent genes determine behavior by philosopher of science Kenneth Schaffner: Behaving–What’s Genetic, What’s Not, and Why Should We Care?
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An Indian Geophysicist Reflects
Kusala Rajendran
Kusala Rajendran, a distinguished geophysicist and professor at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, reflects on the influences and forces that shaped her career and professional development.
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MAD-Made World
Jean-Pierre Dupuy
Notions such as deterrence and mutually-assured destruction have held sway over nuclear strategy more than five decades. Jean-Pierre Dupuy concludes it is a miracle that mankind has survived.
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As the Loom of Physics Expands
Sheldon Lee Glashow
The second of a three-part journey through the history of physics by Sheldon Lee Glashow. In this installment, Glashow discusses, among other topics, Einstein’s general and special relativity.
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Big, Little, Nothing, Everything
Alexander Kharazishvili
No finite set is bigger than everything, and so every finite set is smaller than something. If one object is added to a small finite set, it gets bigger, but stays small. Could that be right?
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Great Scott
George Scialabba
James C. Scott’s Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States explores the mixed blessings of agriculture and animal domestication. George Scialabba casts a critical eye over Scott’s book.
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To Be, Not To Be, Maybe
Tim Maudlin
Philosopher of science Tim Maudlin reviews a recent book on quantum theory and its implications for philosophy: Quantum Ontology: A Guide to the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics by Peter J. Lewis.
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Handmade
Vivian Cook
Linguist Vivian Cook reviews a paper by Elena Pagliarini et al., “Children’s First Handwriting Productions Show a Rhythmic Structure,” and claims that some characteristics of handwriting are innate.
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