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Carefully balancing an appreciation of the symbolism of
Carefully balancing an appreciation of the symbolism of interracial politics with recognition of the forces that remain untouched by it, ALL EYES UPON...

With the smartphone revolution, an increasingly powerful new set
With the smartphone revolution, an increasingly powerful new set of tools—from attachments that can diagnose an ear infection or track heart rhythms...

While the war was being fought on the battlefields of Bull Run,
While the war was being fought on the battlefields of Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg, another contest was waged overseas. The Confederacy sought i...

The real takeaway from this thoughtful, unsettling history:
The real takeaway from this thoughtful, unsettling history: Baptist turns the long-accepted argument that slavery was economically inefficient on its ...

Washington Post reviews Marcelo Gleisers THE ISLAND OF KNOWLEDGE
Washington Post reviews Marcelo Gleisers THE ISLAND OF KNOWLEDGE alongside THE QUANTUM MOMENT by Robert P. Crease and Alfred Scharff Goldhaber: You wo...

Publishers Weekly gives HALF-LIFE, Frank Closes biography of
Publishers Weekly gives HALF-LIFE, Frank Closes biography of physicist Bruno Pontecorvo, a starred review: [A]n intensively researched, engrossing bio...