Newsletter 371
[5]The ‘Dramatic Picture’ Of Richard Feynman
Links:
5. http://b.rw/nW4lnY
Freeman Dyson | NYRB | 4 July 2011
Profile of Richard Feynman, physics superstar. "He created the language that
a majority of modern physicists speak. Incidentally, he created a language
that ordinary people without mathematical training can understand"
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/‘dramatic-picture’-richard-feynman
[7]The Evils Of Unregulated Capitalism
Links:
7. http://b.rw/ppsgiy
Joseph Stiglitz | Al Jazeera | 10 July 2011
Nobel laureate explains how "a resurgence of right-wing economics, driven,
as always, by ideology and special interests, once again threatens the
global economy". Lessons have not been learned. Fears they won't be
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/evils-unregulated-capitalism
[9]Political Apes, Science Communication, And Building A Cooperative Society
Links:
9. http://b.rw/o0uWJC
Eric Michael Johnson | Scientific American | 11 July 2011
Enjoyable interview with Frans de Waal, leading primatologist. Covers
science writing, human conflict, politics. "The anger we have towards Wall
Street is probably a very old primate reaction that relates to cooperation"
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/political-apes-science-communication-and-building-cooperative-society
[11]57 Feet & Rising
Links:
11. http://b.rw/n0rMpE
W Hodding Carter | Outside Online | 7 July 2011
Unusual trip down the Mississippi. In a kayak during the Great Flood. "At
least, we knew one thing: Since only a fool would be paddling this
out-of-control river—and fools aren’t worth shooting—we were safe. Blessed
be the insane" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/57-feet-rising
[13]Is the Fastest Human Ever Already Alive?
Links:
13. http://b.rw/pEdLEe
Chuck Klosterman | Grantland | 11 July 2011
"In an era in which science is able to explain and predict so much, it's
amazing how little we know about the potential of rudimentary movement. Is
there a speed at which a human body would just break down and disintegrate?"
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/fastest-human-ever-already-alive
[15]A Tour Of Manhattan In The 1940s
Links:
15. http://b.rw/qtXbFp
Charles Cushman | Business Insider | 11 July 2011
Absorbing photo gallery with 63 colour shots of Manhattan, mostly from the
early 1940s. A few others from 1960. Taken by amateur photographer Charles
Cushman and made available by Indiana University [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/tour-manhattan-1940s
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Imraan Coovadia on South African Fiction
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/imraan-coovadia-on-south-african-fiction
The South African novelist gives us an unvarnished view of the writer’s
life, and explains how literature told the story of apartheid and why comedy
is the easiest way to talk about race [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/imraan-coovadia-on-south-african-fiction
Featured Topic
[19]Crime & Thriller Writing
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/crime-writing
Leading writers discuss their genre and select their top five essential
reads, plus selected articles on the murky world of thrillers and whodunnits
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/crime-writing
Reader Recommendations
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like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/nuzav
22. http://t.co/Gtv2OW7
23. http://twitter.com/ProSyn
24. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#oped
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#Browsings
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/matters-life-and-death-by-tobias-wolff-editor
[28]Matters of Life and Death by Tobias Wolff (editor)
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/matters-life-and-death-by-tobias-wolff-editor
[29]Jim Shepard says: "This was a hugely influential anthology in the early
80s. It’s a snapshot of the very best storywriters of an entire decade"
[30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jim-shepard-on-short-stories
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]The History Of American English
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/history-american-english
"Waves of immigrants fed America's hunger for words. The Dutch came sharing
coleslaw and cookies"
[32]More videos
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Oscar Wilde, on Alexander Pope
Links:
33. http://flavorwire.com/188138/the-30-harshest-author-on-author-insults-in-history/4#post_body
"There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the
other is to read Pope"
[34]More quotes
Links:
34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations