Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Probability, Time and the Heat of Black HolesOne of the biggest mysteries in modern physics is something that we experience literally every moment of our lives. Physics describes the world by means of formulas that tell us how things vary as a function of time, but it...
Alias Grace
Today Dr. Jordan looks more disarranged than usual, and as if he has something on his mind; he does not seem to know quite how to begin. So I continue with my sewing until he’s had time to gather himself together; and then he says, Is that a new quilt you are working...
Catch 22
Amaryllis Night and Day
Amaryllis seemed preoccupied. 'See you in my dreams,' I said. That got a smile, then she drank about half her whisky and began to cry into the rest of it. 'What is it?' I said. 'What's the matter?' She wiped her eyes, blew her nose, finished the whisky, started the...
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
The Most Beautiful of Theories In his youth Albert Einstein spent a year loafing aimlessly. You don’t get anywhere by not “wasting” time—something, unfortunately, that the parents of teenagers tend frequently to forget. He was in Pavia. He had joined his family,...