"We Need to Talk about Kelvin"

Many of you know that I love science and love reading about science, especially when it’s hard to understand. (Go figure…) So I jumped at the chance to have an early look at Marcus Chown’s new book, the cleverly titled We Need to Talk about Kelvin. ...

Random Thoughts for Today

Given that with December comes a plethora ( a word I love to hate) of listings — the best this-and- that of the year, plus this December we get all those best-of-the-decade lists, too — I thought I’d put my week’s thoughts into list form, just...