Steven Landsburg | The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics

Today is the 100th birthday of Jean-Pierre Serre, the last of the twentieth-century mathematical titans.

The most controversial and most widely debated topic ever covered on this blog began with a post called Are you smarter than Google, which spawned a series of followup posts with over 1000 comments (not counting the tripe I deleted), of which many are tho…

Say what you will about him, but Lindsay Graham, perhaps uniquely, had both Trump’s ear and Ukraine’s back, and his death is a tragedy.

The number $2800 has been popping up in a lot of my Internet feeds lately.

If you’re planning to attend the APS Global Physics Summit in Denver next week (along with about 14,000 other people), please visit the World Scientific booth to check out my book Understanding Time and Space.

The book shown here is about to go to press, but is on hold for a few days because the publishers have decided they don’t like the subtitle (An Invitation to the theory of relativity for anyone who is now or has ever been a bright high school student).

A stylized history of modern American academics: For decades, university administrators have somehow become adept at co-opting university resources to promote their personal social and political agenda.

If you’re in the vicinity of the University of Rochester this evening….

I have a doctor I really like, partly because he is interested in many things and likes to talk about them and partly because most of that talk is insightful, thought-provoking and occasionally brilliant.

At the University of Rochester tomorrow night:

In case you’re near the University of Rochester Wednesday evening:

The 10th edition of Price Theory and Applications has been out for several months now, and so far I’m aware of just one cluster of errors.

If you are in the vicinity of the University of Rochester on Thursday, please join us.

If you are in the vicinity of the University of Rochester tomorrow, please join us!

Now the physicists know what it was like to be an economist in 1978.

Here’s what I want on election night: A complete list of all Harris’s paths to victory and a complete list of all Trump’s paths.

No matter how this election turns out, the next president of the United States will be a crackpot.

See here!

Here is a headline from this morning’s New York Times: Over the course of the day, I’ve heard three different radio commenters riffing on this theme, mocking the former president for not realizing that presidents don’t control monetary policy.

The Democrats keep telling us that Donald Trump poses a unique threat to democracy and global stability, so that even if you are disagree with almost all of their policies, you should still vote for the Democratic nominee to keep Trump out of the White Ho…

My essay on abortion and public policy has appeared in the Summer 2024 issue of the Independent Review, where it will gestate for nine months behind a paywall.