Brian Greene is a physicist who specializes in string theory. Greene says that time appears to move in one direction only to complex organisms like people. At the atomic level, electrons don’t know one direction from another.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nicholas Felton transforms data into something beautiful. As a self-described "information designer" and extremely dedicated life logger, he tracks aspects of his life over the course of the year and then publishes them as "annual reports."
Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped in Somalia and held for 460 days. She believes the key to her survival and healing is learning to forgive her kidnappers.
Bill Vossler is the author of “Burma-Shave: The Rhymes, the Signs, The Times.” He talks about where the classic rhyming signs came from, and reads several examples.
Where are the female scalawags? The lady rogue? Well, Anne Strainchamps set out to find out. She called up Elizabeth Mahon, author of the blog and the book of the same name: “Scandalous Women.”
Carl Honore tells Jim Fleming that several countries have societies which promote a slower, more relaxed approach to life.
David Anderegg is a Professor of Psychology at Bennington and the author of "Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them." He tells Steve Paulson about his inspiration for writing the book.
E.O. Wilson may know more about ants than anyone else on the planet...
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