This book tells the human story of one of man's greatest intellectual adventures - how it came to be understood that light travels at a finite speed, so that when we look up at the stars, we are looking back in time. And how the search for a God-given absolute frame of reference in the universe led most improbably to Einstein's most famous equation E=mc2, which represents the … [Read more...] about Lightspeed: The Ghostly Aether and the Race to Measure the Speed of Light by John C.H. Spence
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A Great Read “The Madman Theory”
The Madman Theory: Trump Takes On the World by Jim Sciutto From praising dictators to alienating allies, Trump has made chaos his calling card. Has his strategy caused more problems than it solved? Richard Nixon tried it first. Hoping to make communist bloc countries uneasy and thus unstable, Nixon let them think he was just crazy enough to nuke them. He called this … [Read more...] about A Great Read “The Madman Theory”
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump, Ph.D.
In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric. Mary Trump spent much of … [Read more...] about Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump, Ph.D.
White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones
Drawing on history, public opinion surveys, and personal experience, Robert P. Jones delivers a provocative examination of the unholy relationship between American Christianity and white supremacy, and issues an urgent call for white Christians to reckon with this legacy for the sake of themselves and the nation. As the nation grapples with demographic changes and the legacy … [Read more...] about White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones
The Writer’s Legal GPS by Matt Kight
An essential tool for writers, agents, editors, and publishers who want to understand the legal risks and rights associated with publishing. Overwhelmed by the copyright and trademark arena? Scratching your head over obscure clauses in legal contracts? Anxious about piracy and plagiarism? Through his popular Sidebar Saturdays blog, novelist, freelance writer, and intellectual … [Read more...] about The Writer’s Legal GPS by Matt Kight