The Order of Time (2017), Carlo Rovelli
Time passes – doesn’t it? In this exploration of the quantum physics of time Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli takes the reader from core concepts right to the edge of current research in clear, …
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No place for narratives in science?
Peter Cox debates the important role narratives have to play in the research community.
I recently read The Silent Spring by Rachel Carson – a sad admission for a third-year environmental science student. This book is the starting point for anyone interested in environmental conservation, and largely precipitated the entire culture of environmental monitoring …
The Humanities’ Strange STEM Obsession
STEM is for people that have fallen in love with the world and want nothing more than to know it as well as they can
Two articles published by campus publications have bemoaned the reverence in which STEM is held above the Humanities in the last two months alone. The articles, maybe not surprisingly, were written by students of the humanities, and took the position …