Groundbreaking theoretical physicist Lee Smolin weighs in on creative problem solving in physics. Some advice that has served him? Start fresh every ten years.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nicholson Baker's latest novel is called "The Anthologist." Baker tells Anne Strainchamps the book's about a writer who longs to be a poet.
Linda Lear tells Jim Fleming that the creator of Peter Rabbit could have been a scientist.
Harvard Law’s Randall Kennedy (who is African American) is the author of the notoriously titled “Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word.” He talks with Steve Paulson about how the N-word has been used historically in America.
Jimmy Palmieri talks with Anne Strainchamps about living with intractable pain. Palmieri describes his life and explains how he became a chef in spite of his illness.
Americans spend billions of dollars a year on over-the-counter pain relievers. In fact, all over the world, easing pain is big business. And Aspirin’s one of the top sellers. Why? Charles Mann, author of “The Aspirin Wars”, tells Steve Paulson what happened when a German company called Bayer came to America:
Reporter Matt Lieber offers his reflections on crossword puzzles and the people who love them, from the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, held in Stamford, CT in 2002.
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