Too often math gets a bad rap, characterized as dry and difficult. But, Alex Bellos says, "math can be inspiring an
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A physician-philosopher celebrates the mystery and delight of everyday life from an imagined posthumous perspective I
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In recent years neuroscientists have uncovered the countless ways our brain trips us up in day-to-day life, from its pro
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“Tell me," Wittgenstein once asked a friend, "why do people always say, it was natural for man to assume that
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“Alice was always beautiful—Armenian immigrant beautiful, with thick, curly black hair, olive skin, and big dark eyes,”
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