Persi Diaconis is a former stage magician who uses card shuffling and coin tossing to illustrate complex mathematical formulae.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Randall Miller and Jody Savin wrote, directed and are distributing the 2008 Sundance Festival film, "Bottle Shock."
Joyce Johnson talks with Anne Strainchamps about her book and her relationship with Jack Kerouac.
California surgeon Leonard Schlain tells Steve Paulson that ancestral women made the connection between sex and birth and the moon and discovered time.
The authors of “Persepolis” and “Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth” speak together at the Wisconsin Book Festival 2006.
Jerome Charyn remembers the glory days of ping-pong in America. He talks about some of the great matches of the past and reflects on the worldwide popularity of the game.
Richard Cohen fell in love with swordplay while at boarding school. He’s a sabre champion and the author of “By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers and Olympic Champions.”
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