ABSTRACT

This book is the second collection of over 50 articles and essays authored by Sidney Perkowitz. Appearing in diverse outlets such as Discover, Washington Post, Aeon, Los Angeles Review of Books, Nautilus, Museum of the Moving Image, and Physics World, they represent the best of his writing about science and technology, and their links to culture and society, the arts and the media, and the humanities. Written for general readers, the pieces explore the outer and inner universes from cosmic space to the human mind, from the artistic use of science to the impact of technology and AI in the justice system, in medicine, and in dealing with COVID-19.

part |96 pages

Looking at Nature Without and Within

chapter |6 pages

How to See the Invisible Universe

chapter |12 pages

Heat Wave

chapter |12 pages

Mood Indigo

chapter |3 pages

The Most Popular Physics Meme Ever

chapter |3 pages

Small Wonders

chapter |6 pages

The Quantum Random Number Generator

chapter |4 pages

Sunlight, Life, and Time

chapter |8 pages

Flash!

chapter |5 pages

We and the Earth Breathe Together

chapter |8 pages

The Better to See You With

chapter |7 pages

The Power of Crossed Brain Wires

part |20 pages

Doing the Math

chapter |5 pages

A Short Take on Mathematics

chapter |6 pages

Infinity on Screen

part |18 pages

Four Scientists and a Quest

part |87 pages

Technology in Society

chapter |2 pages

When Houses Grow on Trees

chapter |3 pages

Confronting the Wall

chapter |6 pages

Bad Blood, Worse Ethics

chapter |7 pages

The Bias in the Machine

chapter |2 pages

The War Science Waged

chapter |7 pages

The Physics of Blood Spatter

chapter |3 pages

From the Lab to the Courtroom

part |66 pages

Science, Fiction, and Art

chapter |3 pages

The Art of Falling Fluid

chapter |3 pages

Paint It Nanoblack

chapter |3 pages

Physics and Art in 2½D

chapter |3 pages

Only Disconnect!

chapter |3 pages

Getting the Film Physics Right

chapter |3 pages

Facing up to Facial Recognition

chapter |4 pages

Sunday Is Maroon: Synesthesia on Screen

chapter |6 pages

Trapped on Mars