Essays and Articles

Some essays and articles that I have enjoyed reading. These are mostly non-technical in style, and occasionally cover subjects beyond math and science.

• Newton's Flaming Laser Sword Mike Alder, Philosophy Now. 46: 29–33 (2004).
• Wide hats and narrow minds Stephen Jay Gould (New Scientist 8 March 1979, p. 777. Reprinted in The Panda's Thumb, p. 145).
• The man who invented black holes Gary Gibbons (New Scientist, 26 June 1979).
• The Pursuit of Science: Its Motivations Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Truth and Beauty: Aesthetics and Motivations in Science (1987).