When scholars refer to you as “the philosopher” for about two thousand years, and everyone understands what that means, you’re kind of a big deal. That’s exactly what happened to Aristotle because, let’s face it, the man’s depth and breath of intellectual sophistication simply blew everyone out of the water for two millennia. If you want … Read more
Apparently the title of this documentary also has something to do with Toy Story? Well, I haven’t seen that movie, but I can tell you what this documentary is about… Infinity. The most obvious way to start thinking about infinity is through numbers: take any number, and you’ll soon realize that there is no such thing … Read more
We live in a world in which we presuppose as a given that great scientific discoveries require the existence of great, expensive technological equipment: lasers, the Large Hadron Collider, microscopes, computers, the Hubble and Kepler telescopes, synchrotrons, super-duper cameras, you name it… But more than great technology, the real secret to discovery is creativity, because … Read more