Mamek Khadem's soundtrack for an art installation commemorating the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution.
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Visionary computer scientist Jaron Lanier talks about his new book, "Who Owns the Future?"
Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis talks about "On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind."
Lada Adamic is one of a host of data scientists working at facebook. Anne Strainchamps wanted to know what all those sociologists are up to.
Check out Facebook's social science website.
Environmentalist Jennifer Jacquet qrecommends "Last Chance to See" by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine.
Leonard Zwilling tells Jim Fleming about boxing’s impact on the English language. It’s yielded such words and phrases as fan, throw in the towel, and up to scratch.
Paul Auster is both a film-maker and a novelist. His new book is “The Book of Illusions: A Novel.” It’s about a professor who discovers the work of a silent film comedian.
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