News about icarus [the book]
My new book is out! A collection of essays from Icarus, fully revised and updated, and new material.
Come for the science, stay for the stories. Because we need both.
My new book is out! A collection of essays from Icarus, fully revised and updated, and new material.
In what sense are we the same person today as yesterday? (Sample essay from my new book; 4100 words)
Without food we starve, without energy we huddle in the cold. And it is through widespread loss of memory that civilisations are at risk of falling into a looming dark age. (Sample essay from my new book; 1400 words)
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)
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)
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)
What if you tried to reconstruct a prophet after a thousand-year absence? (As T Rix; 11,800 words)
Short reviews of fiction. Updated from time to time. [Last updated Oct. 30, 2023.]
A reading list for a liberal arts course I taught on the history of astronomy and cosmology. For curious readers…
A review of the book How to be a Liberal, by Ian Dunt (700 words)
Some thoughts upon rereading The Function of Reason. (2700 words)
What use is eternal digital life, if we can’t forget the sins we committed to achieve it? (As T Rix; 900 words.)
What if you created a time machine solely for the purpose of revenge? (As T Rix; 950 words.)
In the multiverse, entanglements can be both quantal and emotional. (Sci-fi short story, as T Rix; 6000 words)