Drew Gilpin Faust's latest book, This Republic of Suffering, explores one of the most sobering aspects of the Civil War: its colossal death toll.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Craig Venter, who's come as close as anyone has to creating life in a test tube, tells Steve Paulson what drives him.
Codebreaker, a new film by Patrick Sammon, tells the story of the brilliant life and tragic death of Alan Turing. He died at age 41, having revolutionized our world by inventing the first computer programs -- and then computers themselves.
Cary Sudler returns to his ancestral home to apologize to the black members of his family for the injustice of slavery.
Literary theorist Terry Eagleton's Dangerous Idea? The humanities are dying.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian novelist whose book "Half of A Yellow Sun" is set during the period of civil violence surrounding the creation of Biafra.
Danny Wallace is the author of “Join Me.” He’s also the leader of a cult of the same name.
Brad Kessler was a writer in New York City. He's still a writer, but now he lives on 75 acres in Vermont with a small herd of goats.
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