From American Scientist, a review of Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy; a review of Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 B.C.–A.D. 1000 by Barry Cunliffe (and an excerpt); a review of Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension by Andy Clark; a review of The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg by Robert P. Crease; a review of Evolution: The First Four Billion Years by Michael Ruse; a review of Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion by Hal Abelson; a review of The Grid Book by Hannah B Higgins; and a review of The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies by Nicolas Wey Gomez. Ray Kurzweil on a university for the coming singularity. Spin Control: For

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