Bubble, bubble, is oil in trouble? The carbon bubble, Part 3
How big might the bubble be, and who gets hurt if it pops? The trillion pound gorilla. (2200 words)
Author: Gene Tracy
Chancellor Professor of Physics Emeritus at William & Mary
In praise of astonishment
Does our love of the new and strange, both in literature and science, flow from the same wellspring? On the restorative power of surprise. (900 words)
They shall not grow old
A few thoughts, prompted by the film. (800 words)
Racing with drones and dancing with robots
How can we tell a new technology has become humanized? When we begin to play with it. (800 words + videos; approx. 30 mins. reading/viewing)
Learning to see [Aeon, American Scientist]
One astronomer’s dimpled pie is another’s cratered moon. How can our mind’s eye learn to see the new and unexpected? (3900 words)
A physics without time [Aeon]
From past to present, into the future: the flow of time is central to human experience. Why isn’t it central to physics? (Sample essay from my new book; 3600 words)
What We Lose When We Don’t Look At The Night Sky [Wisconsin Public Radio]
An interview with Rob Ferret of Wisconsin Public Radio. The stars, Polynesian voyaging, human exploration of the solar system. It’s all here. (12 mins. listening time)
Sky Readers [Aeon]
For most of human history, the stars told us where we were in space and time. Have we forgotten how to look up? (Sample essay from my new book; 3600 words)
The Icarus Question 