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Inequality and Human Rights
Katharine Young
Samuel Moyn argues that the human rights movement has done little to address economic inequality. Not so, according to Katharine Young. Good work promoting equality has been done, if not in the US.
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Divine Medicine
George Scialabba
In reviewing A Natural History of Beer by Rob DeSalle & Ian Tattersall, George Scialabba summarizes beer’s story, including its major historical moments, the science of its components, and its future.
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A Means to an End
Alberto Prieto
Can scientific and data-driven approaches help researchers reconstruct Roman history? Alberto Prieto reviews The Science of Roman History: Biology, Climate, and the Future of the Past.
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The Yin and Yang of the Genome
Tyler Hampton
If viruses have killed their millions, they have blessed their millions, too. Tyler Hampton reviews Discovering Retroviruses: Beacons in the Biosphere, by Anna Marie Skalka.
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Only Connect
Daniel Kleitman
Fibonacci numbers, cellular automata, and an extension of the Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem: Daniel Kleitman reviews highlights from a volume honoring the mathematician Ron Graham on his eightieth birthday.
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The Rise of the Architectural Cult
Nikos Salingaros
In Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism, James Stevens Curl argues that modernist architecture is ill-adapted to human needs.
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Striking Second First
Jean-Pierre Dupuy
In theory, nuclear weapons are pure deterrence. Yet the world’s nuclear arsenals remain on alert and at risk of becoming a doomsday machine. Jean-Pierre Dupuy reviews a new book by Daniel Ellsberg.
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A Life Far Less Ordinary
John Mathew
Popularizing Science: The Life and Work of JBS Haldane is a new biography by Haldane’s mentee, Krishna Dronamraju. John Mathew casts an approving eye over its account of Haldane’s life and work.
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The Social Set
David Berlinski
Nicholas Christakis’s Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society argues it is our genetic destiny to build societies around generous and moral behavior. David Berlinski is less optimistic.
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