A Scientist’s Mind, A Poet’s Soul
On the unified cosmic vision of Alexander von Humboldt, the nineteenth century’s great naturalist-adventurer
The Practice of Science
On science as it is lived: its culture, its characters, their follies and dreams
On science as it is lived: its culture, its characters, their follies and dreams
On the unified cosmic vision of Alexander von Humboldt, the nineteenth century’s great naturalist-adventurer
Collection | Spring 2008
Spring 2008
On the ambiguous legacy of Werner Heisenberg, quantum genius and would-be inventor of the Nazi A-bomb
How the man who vanquished polio won the public’s love but never the respect of his peers
How a cerebral hedonist became a scientific hero
James D. Watson’s unfinished quest to master genetic destiny
The grand scientific vision and the moral myopia of Linus Pauling
