Essays by space scientists and engineers teamed with a collection of tales by an all-star assortment of award winning authors all taking on new methods of star travel.Some humans may be content staying in one place, but many of us are curious...
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The Russian civil war was one of the major events of the last century, leading to the establishment of the Soviet Union. After the First World War the British Government, with the full backing of Secretary of State for War Winston Churchill, sent...
For decades we have been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more. Yet despite this advice, we have seen unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Taubes...
Making Peace with Microbes
Public sanitation and antibiotic drugs have brought about historic increases in the human life span; they have also unintentionally produced new health crises by disrupting the intimate, age-old balance between humans and...
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Good Thinking: Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
Good Thinking is our best defense against anti-vaccine paranoia, climate denial, and other dire threats of today
In our ever-more-polarized society, there's at least one thing we still agree on: The world is overrun with misinformation, faulty...
Gorbachev: His Life and...
Gordon Welchman was one of Bletchley Park's most important figures. Like Turing, his pioneering work was fundamental to the success of Bletchley Park and helped pave the way for the birth of the digital age. Yet, his story is largely unknown to...
Timeless gothic reflections, comprehended by time. Somewhat phantasmagoric...
Government and foreign policy in Russian empire from Cambridge history of Russia, volume...
In this classic talk delivered at the Poetry Center, New York, on February 16, 1970, Noam Chomsky articulates a clear, uncompromising vision of social change. Chomsky contrasts the classical liberal, libertarian socialist, state socialist, and state...