Tag: Albert Einstein
For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer
Like all great art, the movie evokes reactions in the viewer beyond what the filmmaker might have intended.
Asking Questions Demonstrates Human Exceptionalism
This human trait of question-asking begins almost as soon as we learn to talk. Young children can confound their parents with their rapid-fire questions.
Is Mathematics Discovered or Invented?
Some think that math is invented. Evidence, though, points towards its discovery.
New! Philosopher and Mathematician David Berlinski on “Science After Babel”
“Many will read this book for the close, elegant reasoning, the astonishing erudition, or the mordant analysis. I confess I read it for the prose.”
In First Detection of Gravitational Waves, Timing Was Everything
Let’s look at how timing across multiple orders of magnitude brought together cosmic and human events.