online archive
12:00PM
AUG 19 2007
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous: From LiveScience, a look at history's most overlooked mysteries. A review of Geneses, Genealogies, Genres, and Genius: The Secrets of the Archive by Jacques Derrida. The Changing Artic: Alun Anderson responds to Freeman Dyson's "Heretical Thoughts". Vast ancient settlement found at Angkor Wat: Ground-sensing radar and aerial photographs of the area around the temple have revealed the largest pre-industrial settlement ever discovered. Cracking the Cube: A combination of mathematical analysis and supercomputer number-crunching proves that any Rubik's Cube can be solved in 26 moves or fewer. A review of Actual Ethics by James R. Otteson.
From Film & History, a review of "Pierre Bourdieu: Sociology is a Martial Art". A review of J K Galbraith: a 20th-Century Life by Richard Parker. An article on the 10 most puzzling ancient artifacts. How many grains of sand make a heap? An interview with Timothy Williamson on what vagueness is and why it matters. A review of Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson (and more). Done in by Voldemort: A review of Galileo, Antichrist: a Biography by Michael White. The first chapter from Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control by Philip J. Cook.
From TNR, a review of Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero by Lucy Riall. A review of Merit, Meaning, and Human Bondage: An Essay on Free Will by Nomy Arpaly. A review of Suffer and Survive: The Extreme Life of J.S. Haldane by Martin Goodman. Sweatology: The human cooling system may be leaky, but it’s efficient. Genius and Madness: An article on creativity and mood and the myth that madness heightens creative genius. A review of How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics by William Byers. A review of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe. A review of Toxin: The Cunning of Bacterial Poisons by Alistair Lax. A review of The Periodic Table: Its Story and Significance by Eric R. Scerri.
