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Several months after Feynman’s death, while working on what would become ‘Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman’ — the masterly biography plumbing the wellspring of Feynman’s genius — James Gleick discovered something of arresting strangeness and splendor.
That is what the Nobel-winning philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970) explores in ‘The Conquest of Happiness’ (public library) — the 1930 classic that gave us his increasingly urgent wisdom on the vital role of boredom in flourishing.
“Our origins are of the earth. And so there is in us a deeply seated response to the natural universe, which is part of our humanity,” writes Carson.
Gathered here are uncommonly beautiful reflections on the singular power of music by some of humanity’s greatest writers, collected over years of reading.
Although Jeffers is celebrated as one of the great environmental poets, he was as enchanted by the wonders of nature, for he understood better than any artist since Whitman that these are parts of a single and awesome reality, and we are part of it too — not as spectators, not as explorers, but as living stardust.
In 1930, Tagore visited Albert Einstein at his home in Berlin. The two proceeded to have one of the most stimulating, intellectually riveting conversations in history, exploring the age-old friction between science and religion. An excerpt from one of their conversations.
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