Peter Sobol, an honorary fellow in the History of Science Department at the University of Wisconsin talks with Jim Fleming about the best new science books of 2002.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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The style of type used by the Obama campaign is called Gotham and was designed by the team of Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones.
Michael Zweig tells Steve Paulson that a lot of Americans who think they're middle class are actually working class.
Is your marriage passionate? Can we feel thrilled by the same person we look to for intimacy and security?
Esther Perel says, "Yes." She's the author of Mating in Captivity.
Novelist Mark Salzman talks about his experience teaching creative writing at Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles, a detention center for L.A.’s most serious young offenders.
Cognitive researcher Douglas Hofstadter explains how gendered words and phrases — like using "guys" to refer to mixed company — can oftentimes reinforce sexist attitudes.
NPR Cultural Critic Neda Ulaby helps Jim Fleming unravel the complications of the 2006 film "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story."
Joshua Wolf Shenk talks about his book, "Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs."
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