Russell Stannard is professor of physics emeritus at Open University in London and the author of the Uncle Albert books – a series of books for children about physics.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Film-maker Steve James talks with Anne Strainchamps about “Stevie.” It’s a documentary that chronicles James’ attempt to reconnect with his “Little Brother” Stevie Fielding.
"Fight Club" for women -- that's the book Sarai Walker wanted to read. So she wrote it herself. "Dietland" is a revenge fantasy and feminist manifesto for fat girls and women everywhere. If you've ever felt ashamed of your body, this is the book for you.
Neuroscientists say that about a quarter of our mental energy is dedicated to maintaining our narrative identities. Julian Keenan says there's got to be an evolutionary benefit for all that "self".
Shaun Alexander tells Steve Paulson what chess does for him and why he thinks it’s good for inner city youth.
Rumspringa is the Amish custom of allowing sixteen year olds a period of total freedom to experience the temptations of the world before they choose the strictures of a traditional Amish life
Some of the greatest trips give us that feeling of traveling back in time. Last summer, Aubrey Ralph did nearly that, when he spent nine days sailing aboard a 200 year old tall ship, across two Great Lakes. He was with the reconstructed U.S. Brig Niagara as she shoved off from her home port in Erie, PA.
Plenty of men are obsessed with body image, too. Eric Chaline traces the cult of the male body beautiful back to ancient Greece, in "The Temple of Perfection" -- his new history of the gym.
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