Rebecca Goldstein explains how Spinoza envisioned God and why his conception appealed to later scientists like Einstein.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Marian Salzman is director of strategic content for J. Walter Thompson, America's largest advertising firm. She comments on the rising economic importance of China and India.
Patricia O’Connor tells Jim Fleming there’s nothing wrong with splitting an infinitive and that people should stop trying to make English behave like Latin.
Jon Kabat-Zinn talks with Steve Paulson about what it means to be mindful of the body’s functioning, like breathing.
For centuries, the oddities of nature - like two-headed cats and conjoined twins - fascinated people. Science historian Lorraine Daston says a history of wonders is to some degree a history of pre-modern science.
Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake may wield more power over the economy than anyone else, even though he was never elected. Washington Post journalist Neil Irwin takes us inside the elite club of the world's leading central bankers.
Philip Harvey tells Jim Fleming about using the profits from his porn business to underwrite his philanthropy.
Richard Halpern talks with Jim Fleming about the sexual sub-text in Norman Rockwell’s work
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