Rebecca Goldstein explains how Spinoza envisioned God and why his conception appealed to later scientists like Einstein.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jennifer Angus is an artist who finds insects so beautiful she uses them in her work. Anne Strainchamps visits with her in her studio.
Mary Lefkowitz is the author of “Greek Gods, Human Lives: What We Can Learn from Myths.” She says that the Greek gods seem too much like us to impress most modern people.
Richard Halpern talks with Jim Fleming about the sexual sub-text in Norman Rockwell’s work
Michael Chabon defends the position that genre fiction is just as worthy of respect as any other fiction.
Princeton historian Robert Darnton says that people in 18th century Paris spread the news by making up topical songs to familiar melodies, and that the police kept records on everybody.
Colum McCann's novel "Let the Great World Spin" takes place on the day of tight-rope artist Philipe Petit's trip across the World Trade Centers.
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