Lucid answers to the eternal questions on what lies beyond
A fictional retelling of the life of G.H. Hardy and one of science's great romances: his discovery of Ramanujan
An interesting attempt to communicate the beauty of mathematics using the medium of a novel. But there is little else to recommend it.
Existence, God, the future, time travel, survival on earth—some of the oldest, and newest, queries are tackled here. Only a genius would attempt it with such concision.
Paleogenetics is evolutionary sleuthing. The way DNA sequencing throws light back into the foggy paths of prehistory is explained lucidly by a practitioner.
The seven deadly sins—no-go areas for us for millennia—are picked threadbare with a wealth of neuro-scientific data in this readable study
A brief history of time and a long history of fame: RIP Stephen Hawking
Nambi Narayanan’s career in ISRO is also a history of that national centre of excellence. Then, there are ugly warts—his shameful framing as a spy.
No subject is under the radar of Eco’s voracious opinion-making. And a lightly worn erudition gathers in the universe with a careless sweep of the cape.
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