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Annals of ScienceJim Holt
Numbers Guy

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Beautiful Truth, Truthful Beauty (Review) Jim Holt
Truth and Beauty, by S. Chandrasekhar
- Truth and Beauty by S. Chandrasekhar

Celeb CityJim Holt
Can living next to famous people make you famous?

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Code-Breaker (Review) Jim Holt
The Man Who Knew Too Much, by David Leavitt
- The Man Who Knew Too Much by David Leavitt

Consumed: Pet Shop JoysJim Holt
Shopping for my nice little schnauzer

The Critics
A Critic At LargeJim Holt

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A Critic At Large (3 Reviews) Jim Holt
Say Anything
- On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt
- Your Call Is Important to Us by Laura Penny
- Truth: A Guide by Simon Blackburn

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A Critic At Large (3 Reviews) Jim Holt
Time Bandits
- Einstein 1905 by John S. Rigden
- Incompleteness by Rebecca Goldstein
- A World Without Time by Palle Yourgrau

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A Critic At Large (2 Reviews) Jim Holt
Unstrung
- The Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin
- Not Even Wrong by Peter Woit

Dream OnJim Holt
Does Sleep Make Any Sense?

Hello DalaiJim Holt
My week with the leader of Tibetan Buddhism

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Homme, Hombre, Omul (Review) Jim Holt
The Power of Babel, by John McWhorter
- The Power of Babel by John McWhorter



































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Infinitesimally Yours (4 Reviews) Jim Holt
Reasoning with the Infinite, by Michel Blay
- Reasoning with the Infinite by Michel Blay
- The First Moderns by William R. Everdell
- Abraham Robinson by Joseph Warren Dauben
- Non-Standard Analysis by Abraham Robinson

The Critics
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To Infinity and Beyond (Review) Jim Holt
Everything and More, by David Foster Wallace
- Everything and More by David Foster Wallace

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Is The Examined Life Worth Reading? (Review) Jim Holt
The Examined Life, by Robert Nozick
- The Examined Life by Robert Nozick

Jerry's KidsJim Holt
Brown's deeply dated supporters

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Let's Make a Deal (Review) Jim Holt
Inevitable Illusions, by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
- Inevitable Illusions by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini

Los Angeles Postcard: Don't WalkJim Holt
A ride with David Hockney

The Critics
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Measure for Measure (Review) Jim Holt
Extreme Measures, by Martin Brookes
- Extreme Measures by Martin Brookes

MiscellanyJim Holt
Nothing Ventured

MisconceptionJim Holt
An RU-486 thought experiment

The New ParadigmJim Holt
With the millennium approaching, a serious reevaluation of higher dimensions is a press...

New York Postcard: Quality of LifeJim Holt
In court for dope possession

The Critics
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Photo Finish (Review) Jim Holt
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA, by Brenda Maddox
- Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox

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Punch Line (Review) Jim Holt
Rationale of the Dirty Joke, by G. Legman
- Rationale of the Dirty Joke by G. Legman

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Roll Over, Pythagoras (Review) Jim Holt
Emblems of Mind, by Edward Rothstein
- Emblems of Mind by Edward Rothstein

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A Sly Don Called Ayer (Review) Jim Holt
The Meaning of Life, by A.J. Ayer
- The Meaning of Life by A.J. Ayer

Stop Me if You've Heard This (2008)Jim Holt
A History and Philosophy of Jokes
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Sunny Side UpJim Holt
Mrs. von Bulow---still spontanteously breathing in her New York hospital room---poses s...


War of the WorldsJim Holt
Do You Believe in God? Or in Multiple Universes?


ZzzzzzzJim Holt
Aristotle's wisdom has gone unheeded. None of us sleeps enough. We all drink too much c...
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