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A story of divorce and self-discovery may be worth telling, but it suffers when it is interwoven with a life narrative that is clearly weighter.
Read More“Galileo’s Muse” is a gem of a book: shedding new light on a figure as well-examined as Galileo is no simple task. Author Mark Peterson does so with aplomb, while also telling a fascinating story of the evolution of mathematics and the arts.
Read MoreReaders interested in early modern science, Renaissance studies, or Galileo will undoubtedly savor this trailblazing work of history.
Read MoreWe need the humanities because we need imagination that works outside the narrow channels where the sciences succeed.
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“Plays about climate are notoriously difficult , not only because the science is complex and has become politicized, but also because audiences don’t flock to work that shows us the terrifying realities of our world.”
Read MoreElegantly written, cogently argued, and filled with trenchant artistic analyses, Alexander Marr’s book exemplifies interdisciplinary studies at their best.
Read MoreFuse Writer Harvey Blume supplies some quotations for the new year.
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This superb book about adventures in radical thinking is less about tracking incendiary ideas to their obscure sources than about the various media used to ferment and transmit them.
Read MoreAs a long time arts critic for print, broadcast, and the Web, the potential for cultural coverage online strikes me then and now as exhilarating. The challenge for The Arts Fuse is to foster dialogue that articulates the value of the arts in our lives.
Read MoreDespite the dazzling rewards of this virtuoso Underground Railway Theater production, Copenhagen short circuits its central theme.
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