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
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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
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
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
War on Ivermectin
BOOK REVIEWWar on Ivermectin: The Medicine that Saved Millions and Could Have Ended the Pandemicby Pierre Kory 2023 About the AuthorPierre Kory is a pulmonary and critical care medicine specialist and a former associate professor and chief of the Critical Care Service at the University of Wisconsin. Prior to COVID-19, he was an internationally renowned … Continue reading War on Ivermectin
The Magick of Physics
BOOK REVIEWThe Magick of Physics: Uncovering the Fantastical Phenomena in Everyday Lifeby Felix Flicker 2023 About the AuthorFelix Flicker is a lecturer at Cardiff University in its School of Physics and Astronomy. He holds an MPhys in physics from St Catherine’s College, Oxford, and received his PhD in theoretical condensed matter physics from the University … Continue reading The Magick of Physics
Beyond Measure
BOOK REVIEWBeyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constantsby James Vincent, 2022 About the AuthorJames Vincent is a senior editor for the Verge, the Vox Media site devoted to technology and society. He has also written for the London Review of Books, Financial Times, and Wired. About the Book"Vivid, epic, and … Continue reading Beyond Measure
