Physicist at Large

I'm partway through Book I, which covers the political struggles after the death of Caesar Augustus.  One thing that's confusing is ...

I read a bunch of books that I didn't feel like blogging.  Now I'm going to read Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus. I'm sick a...

I've seen debates about whether Galileo actually conducted certain experiments or not.  On page 297 of The Tuscan Artist , Greco says th...

I'm about 40% of the way through this biography. A few things I hadn't realized before: 1) Galileo wasn't actually working for ...

I'm reading Galileo Galilei, the Tuscan Artist by Pietro Greco. Two quick thoughts: 1) I learned that before Galileo dropped out of me...

Related to yesterday's post, a recent media spectacle shows just how conservative the modern progressives are. Last week in Toronto , a ...

This essay in American Affairs Journal is full of insights into how educated professionals conduct themselves as corporate bureaucrats whi...