Existential Physics

BOOK REVIEWExistential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questionsby Sabine Hossenfelder 2022 About the AuthorSabine Hossenfelder is presently a research fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany, and has published more than eighty research articles about the foundations of physics, including quantum gravity, physics beyond the standard model, dark matter, and quantum … Continue reading Existential Physics

A Bright Future

BOOK REVIEWA Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Followby Joshua S. Goldstein, Staffan A. Qvist, et al. 2020 About the AuthorsJoshua S. Goldstein is an International Relations professor who writes about the big issues facing humanity. He is the author of six books about war, peace, diplomacy, and … Continue reading A Bright Future

No Will Set You Free

BOOK REVIEWNo Will Set You Free: Learn to Say No, Set Boundaries, Stop People Pleasing, and Live a Fuller Life (How an Organizational Approach to No Improves your Health and Psychology)by Michael Tougias 2022 About the AuthorMichael J. Tougias is a New York Times bestselling author and has earned critical acclaim and literary awards for … Continue reading No Will Set You Free

The Italian Squad

BOOK REVIEWThe Italian Squad: The True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafiaby Paul Moses 2023 About the AuthorPaul Moses is Professor Emeritus of Journalism at CUNY-Brooklyn College and a former reporter and editor at Newsday. He is the author of An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's … Continue reading The Italian Squad

Our Moon

BOOK REVIEWOur Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Areby Rebecca Boyle 2023 About the AuthorRebecca Boyle is a contributing editor at Scientific American, a contributing writer for Quanta Magazine and The Atlantic, and a frequent contributor at the New York Times, Popular Science, Smithsonian Air & … Continue reading Our Moon

Following Caesar

BOOK REVIEWFollowing Caesar: From Rome to Constantinople, the Pathways That Planted the Seeds of Empireby John Keahey 2023 About the AuthorJOHN KEAHEY, author of such books as Hidden Tuscany and A Sweet and Glorious Land: Revisiting the Ionian Sea, is a veteran newspaper and wire-service journalist who spent forty-five years in and around journalism. He … Continue reading Following Caesar

Emotional

BOOK REVIEWEmotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinkingby Leonard Mlodinow 2022 About the AuthorLEONARD MLODINOW received his PhD in theoretical physics from the University of California, Berkeley, was an Alexander von Humboldt fellow at the Max Planck Institute, and was on the faculty of the California Institute of Technology. His previous books include the best sellers … Continue reading Emotional