Empire of the Stars by Arthur I. Miller
May 23, 2026
The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness – by Jack El-Hai
May 12, 2026Walter Jackson Freeman was a man gifted with energy, optimism and an ice pick.
Many Worlds in One: The Search for Other Universes – by Alex Vilenkin
May 11, 2026As childhood gave way to adulthood, I came to the realization that my greatest attraction to...
Jays, Films, and Georg Steller
December 17, 2025O’Brian based Aubrey on a Royal Navy captain of two centuries ago, Thomas Cochrane. Lord Cochrane’s...

Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer
December 17, 2025Meanwhile, every billion dollars spent on the supremely misguided attempt to revivify the nuclear industry is...
America’s Race to the Moon
December 17, 2025During the Apollo 15 mission, an anonymous viewer phoned his local TV station to suggest that...
Goethe and Tagore – Unexpected Interests
December 14, 2025Goethe and Tagore, separated by time and contexts, but joined in their great felicity over the...
Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness
December 12, 2025Jaynes, a psychologist who taught at Princeton up until his death in 1997, showed how ancient...





