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This is the headquarters for "A User's Guide to the Universe," published in March 2010, and "The Universe in the Rearview Mirror" published in Summer, 2013. We've got fun cartoons, snarky commentary on cosmology and physics, and tutorials on everything from black holes to the Higgs Boson.
Tag Archives: economics
I loves me some free Malcolm Gladwell
I no longer subscribe to the New Yorker. I did, but I realized that the only thing I ever looked forward to were the Malcolm Gladwell columns and that if I waited long enough, he’d eventually put them up on … Continue reading
Questioning conventional wisdom
In case you thought that the the Krugman/Freakonomics Global Warming Feud was over, Paul Krugman launched this salvo in his blog today. As a reminder, the basic issue is that Dubner and Leavitt (aka the freakonomics guys) have a chapter … Continue reading
Economics smackdown
I’ve mentioned my recent obsession with Google Reader. I’m particularly interested in economics, and have a bunch of feeds in my subscription list. I can’t help but comment on this fight abrewin’ over Super Freakonomics, by Leavitt and Dubner, the … Continue reading
A liberal physicist plays the market
Before I get into explaining the subject line, I feel I should make a couple of caveats up front: I am a northeast academic, and as a result, a dirty hippy. If anything, I’d prefer that the Democratic party move … Continue reading
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