A. Van Jordan has put together a collection of poems about physics.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Andrew Boyd is an activist and performance artist who calls himself “Brother Void.” He tells Steve Paulson about his latest project.
Kevin Powers served as a machine gunner in Iraq in 2004 and 2005. His novel “The Yellow Birds” was a finalist for the National Book Award.
The 100th centennial of Alan Turing’s birth is June 23rd. In this NEW EXTENDED interview, Turing biographer Andrew Hodges tells Jim Fleming about Turing's childhood, innovation, code-cracking and persecution for his homosexuality. Hodge's book is Alan Turing: The Enigma.
Amy Gorman's book "Aging Artfully" led to a documentary by Greg Norman called "Still Kicking," profiling six artistic women.
In the third installment of the story of the end of Dan Pierotti's life, his wife Judy talks about Dan's last days, and final moment.
In 2010, explorer Sarah Marquis set out on a solo walk from Siberia to Australia. Over the course of three years and 10,000 miles, she braved subzero temperatures and sandstorms, and was harassed by drunk nomads and drug dealers. She writes about the adventure in a new book called "Wild By Nature."
Andrea di Robilant is an Italian journalist from an old Venetian family who's made a novel out of the story contained in some letters from his family's attic.
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