Taner Edis says the state of science is dismal in the Muslim world today.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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What is water? When Anne Strainchamps asked Wisconsin's Poet Laureate, Kimberly Blaeser called up the story and myth of the Anishinaabe. Blaeser says growing up on the White Earth Reservation, surrounded by lakes, made her who she is today.
Sarah Bakewell is the author of “How to Live” an unorthodox biography of the great French philosopher and essayist Montaigne.
This book really got us excited. 12 x 36. 10 pounds. Everyone wanted to touch it. Borrow it. Talk about it. It felt like magic. And the title was just as mysterious – Codex Seraphinianus. Publisher Charles Mier tell us what the hell it is (and what is isn't).
Want to see the first 74 pages of the "world's weirdest book"?
William Gibson talks about coining the word "cyberspace" to use in his fiction.
Robin Swicord wrote and directed "The Jane Austen Book Club." She talks with Anne Strainchamps.
Star gazing may be the most universal moments of wonder. Neil deGrasse Tyson says he's been awed by outer space since he first went to a planetarium. He's been hooked on science - and wonder - ever since.
You can also hear the extended interview with deGrasse Tyson here.
Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer talks about his book, "The Slumbering Masses: Sleep, Medicine and Modern American Life."
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