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Annalee Newitz is the author of Scatter, Adapt, and Remember. She recently took a few minutes from her busy tour schedule to discuss the predictability of catastrophic events and how we might survive them.
In its 4.5 billion–year history, life on Earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times: shattered by asteroid [...]
Lincoln Child is the author of the new thriller The Third Gate:
Under the direction of famed explorer Porter Stone, an archaeological team is secretly attempting to locate the tomb of an ancient pharaoh who was unlike any other in history. Stone believes he has found the burial chamber of King Narmer, the near mythical god- [...]
Science fiction is fun, but so is science, and man oh man, is the truth stranger than fiction. For the next few Sundays, I’ll be covering science stories that might be of interest to sci fi fans. First up: Indestructible lichen and the ruins of an ancient city that could cause us to reevaluate the [...]
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Roboticist and writer Daniel H. Wilson is the author of several books, including How to Survive A Robot Uprising, Robopocalypse and, most recently, Amped:
In Amped, people are implanted with a device that makes them capable of superhuman feats. The powerful technology has profound consequences for society, and soon a set of laws is passed that [...]
Our friends at IO9 have an exclusive three chapter excerpt from Robopocalypse author Daniel H. Wilson’s soon to be released novel Amped!
Robopocalypse presented readers with a world where our technology has turned against us. In Amped, the technology is part of us. people are implanted with a device that makes them capable of superhuman feats. [...]
One of the many cool benefits that come from working in the publishing business is the opportunity to speak with amazing authors, thinkers and creatives of all stripes. A prime example is getting to interview historian and author George Dyson, most recently the author of Turing’s Cathedral, a top-notch history of the birth of the [...]
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I had the great pleasure yesterday of talking with author Anne Rice via telephone about her new novel The Wolf Gift. While our conversation was brief, I was struck by how open the author was about her work and her personal experiences. Anyone who has read her supernatural fiction knows that the big questions really [...]
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Technical problems caused a slight delay in getting this to you, but at long last, here’s the last half of my interview with Design in Nature author Adrian Bejan. Catch the first part here.
Is there a practical application here? Could someone with a good understanding of Constructal Law anticipate the growth of social organizations or [...]
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Science and science fiction have a complicated relationship: one often informs or inspiring the other, and sometimes ideas that start in one category drift into the other. Such was my thinking last week when I wrote about a new book titled Design in Nature.
The book’s author, Adrian Bejan, is the father of a principle called [...]
I recently received a copy of Design in Nature: How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization, a fascinating book by Dr. Adrian Bejan and Professor J. Peder Zane.
The title is kind of a mouthful, but the basic premise of Constructal Law is easy to grasp: In order for a [...]
Andy R
Just preordered on Amazon and can't wait to read !!!