Paul Dirac’s life and theory examined in-depth
Dan Brown’s 2000 novel “Angels & Demons” deals with antimatters to attract great popularity _ the bestseller was made into a mystery thriller film in 2009.
Antimatter is composed of the antiparticles of the...
How Godel’s theorem shaking stability of mathematical reasoning
The barber of Sevilla is “one who shaves all those, and those only, who do not shave themselves.” Then, the confusing question is if he shaves himself.
In case he does, he cannot...
What books a great painter read to paint his pictures
Relatives of Vincent van Gogh worried that the 19th-century painter was the black sheep of the family. But in fact, by the family name Gogh, the world remembers only one...
Minority view of group selection
The conventional wisdom is that natural selection acts at the level of the individual. But Richard Dawkins gained popularity by claiming a gene within the individual drives evolution remorselessly.
Howard Bloom, who debuted with the...
Love-hate relationship between two prominent philosophers
Hannah Arendt was a German-born U.S. political theorist who worked on the risks of fascism, as demonstrated by her books like “Eichmann in Jerusalem” and “The Origins of Totalitarianism.”
When it comes to his teacher...
Prof. Lee's new book sheds light on world's economy
After World War II came to an end in 1945, the United States became the most dominant economic, military, and political superpower in the world, which is called Pax-Americana.
In the 21st...
Schmidt comes up with first-ever sting pain index
Justin Schmidt is quite a character. The U.S. entomologist is comparing the impacts of stinging insects on humans, mainly based on his own experience in his book “The Sting of The Wild.”
In...
Gaston Bachelard studies four major fire complexes
The virus pandemic prompts people to leave for camping instead of taking a flight to overseas tourist attractions. After pitching a tent and eating, they tend to space out while starting at the...
Rosling asks not to blame media for skewed worldview
Those who fight ignorance among people and try to establish a fact-based worldview tend to blame the media for giving them a very skewed worldview.
But Hans Rosling, a Swedish physician and...
How Jamie Moyer defied the radar gun and defeated time
A legendary right-handed pitcher and TV commentator Curt Schilling once said, “Control is the ability to throw strikes, and command is the ability to throw quality strikes.”
As far as control...
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