Matt’s Reviews: How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
Publisher : Mariner Books Publication date : January 14, 2010 Edition : 1st Language : English Print length : 320 pages ISBN-10 : 0547247990 ISBN-13 […]
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Matt’s Reviews: The Small BIG by by Steve J. Martin, Noah Goldstein and Robert Cialdini
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Publication date : September 9, 2014 Language : English Print length : 288 pages ISBN-10 : 1455584258 ISBN-13 : […]
Matt’s Reviews: Superforecasting – The Art And Science Of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner
Publisher : Crown Publication date : September 13, 2016 Edition : Reprint Language : English Print length : 352 pages ISBN-10 : 9780804136716 […]
Matt’s Reviews: Multiple Quick Reviews (Pretties, The Municipalists, Broken Place Outer Spaces, Great by Choice)
I’ve been reading too many books lately, plus trying to find time to write my next novel (follow me here if you want to see when that comes out), and I haven’t been finding the […]
Sun Fires Blast Straight at Interstellar Object Cruising Through Solar System
The interstellar object dubbed 3I/ATLAS has been fascinating astronomers since its discovery in early July.The object, generally believed to be a comet, is screaming through the solar system at around 137,000 mph, and is expected […]
Nuclear Rockets—An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?
This essay is based on the research for the panel “Nuclear Rockets—An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?” that I was honored to moderate for 2025 Seattle WorldCon. The panelists were Bob Hranek, Charles J. Walther, […]
Matt’s Reviews: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling (with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund)
Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication date: April 2018 Print length: 352 pages ISBN-13: 978-1-250-10781-7 Authors: Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are […]
Can AI learn Through Story?
Dear Reader, Hope you’re well. Sorry for being out of touch. Grief is a peculiarly strange condition. I publish this as an experiment. It is part epistle, part conversation. Everything here is “true” in the […]
Vera C. Rubin “Largest Camera Ever Made” Telescope Shares First Images
A full report on this astronomical achievement is available at Rubinobservatory.org. Vera C. Rubin helped establish the existence of “dark matter”. The observatory, built in Chile, is comprised of the largest digital camera ever created. […]
Matt’s Reviews: 1959: The Year Everything Changed by Fred Kaplan
Publisher: TURNER PUBLISHING CO (TN) Publication date: 04/01/2010 Copyright Date: 2009 Pages: 344 ISBN: 978-0-470-60203-4 Author: Fred Kaplan 1959: The Year Everything Changed by Fred Kaplan is not a book I would normally review […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Dechronization of Sam Magruder by George Gaylord Simpson
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin; First Edition Published Date: April 15, 1997) Pages: 160 pages ISBN-10: 031215514X ISBN-13: 978-0312155148 Author: George Gaylord Simpson Additional Content: Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Jay Gould, Joan Simpson Burns The […]
Lunar Eclipse Tonight for much of North America
This coming Thursday/Friday (Thursday night going into Friday morning), provided that you have at least partially clear skies overhead, if you step outside at about 2:29 am, eastern time, you’ll see the Blood Moon as […]
Moon Landing Today
You can watch video of Firefly’s Blue Ghost moon landing today here – Steve DavidsonSteve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing Stories. Steve has been a passionate fan of science fiction since the mid-60s, before […]
Planetary Lineup at Dusk This Week
Shortly after sunset all this week, if you look up and to the west, you should be able to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune in the night sky. All will visible in […]
Matt’s Reviews: Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Published Date: October 1, 2024 Pages: 368 ISBN-10: 0316575801 ISBN-13: 978-0316575805 Author: Malcolm Gladwell Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell is the author’s follow up to his hugely […]
In Memory of Anand Vaidya 1976-2024
It was always Anand’s contention that cross-pollination of ideas with disparate origins resulted in greater understanding. This was not merely a philosophical idea for him but a tenet he lived by. He often wrote in […]
Sky Show Tonight! Geminids Peak This Evening
The Geminid Meteor Show will peak tonight at around midnight (at least for east-coasters). If you are in a relatively dark skies area, go outside an hour before or after midnight and look up. Maybe […]
SpaceX Update: Starship Lands…and then it exploded…Successfully Captures Starship Booster
SpaceX’s main goal with the fifth launch of its Starship and heavy booster was to capture the booster at the launch site with giant gripping arms positioned at the top of a tower. This morning, […]
SpaceX Attempts Fifth Test Launch Of Starship – NOW
SpaceX will attempt its fifth test launch of the monstrous Starship rocket…and this time they may even attempt to capture the booster on landing. Multiple Youtube channels are providing live coverage, including SpaceFlightNow. You can […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
Publisher: Harper Perennial Publication date: 06/07/2011 Pages: 480 ISBN: 9780061452062 Author: Matt Ridley The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley begins with the premise that overall, the world has been improving […]
Matt’s Reviews: Clade by James Bradley
Publisher: Titan Books (UK) Publication date: 09/05/2017 Pages: 320 ISBN: 9781785654145 Author: James Bradley Clade by James Bradley is a dystopian tale of a self-destructing Earth in the not too distant […]
TONIGHT is the Best Night to Watch Dual Meteor Shower!
Take a nap this afternoon because you’ll want to be checking out this evening’s Double Meteor Shower during its BEST viewing time – 4 AM. The Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids meteor showers are […]
Reality and Artificial Intelligence
Given the nature of the current artificial intelligence or AI landscape, any attempt to discuss the technology is like trying to describe an ocean wave racing towards you. You might posit that the wave’s amplitude […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Updates: science & robotics
As you know by now, I’ve been roped into speaking a lot about the Great Big AI crisis of 2024. I’ll touch on some aspects here. Plus some light on other areas of fast-emerging science! But first […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Roots Of The Self by Robert Ornstein
Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: January 1, 1993 Pages: 248 ISBN-10: 0062507885 ISBN-13: 978-0062507884 Author: Robert Ornstein, Ph.D. The Roots of the Self by Robert Ornstein contains Dr. Ornstein’s thoughts […]
SpaceX Starship Test Flight 4
SpaceX successfully launched its fourth test of its Starship/Heavy Booster combination. Starship successfully reached orbital insertion and the heavy booster successfully performed its landing operations – boostback burn and landing burn – before dropping into […]
Matt’s Reviews: I Am A Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter
Publisher: BASIC BOOKS Publication date: 07/08/2008 Copyright Date: 2007 Pages: 436 ISBN-13: 978-0-465-03079-8 ISBN-10: 0-465-03079-3 Author: Douglas Hofstadter I Am A Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter is the author’s attempt to explain his thoughts on […]
Matt’s Reviews: Anti-intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Publish Date: 1969 Copyright Date: 1962 Pages: 434 Author: Richard Hofstadter ISBN (The version I read from the library pre-dated ISBN, but a more recent edition): ISBN13: 9780394703176 ISBN10: 0394703170 Anti-intellectualism […]
NASA Will Conduct An Interesting Operation This Thursday
On May 6th (at about 10:34 PM EDT) NASA will attempt to launch Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule to the ISS (a night time launch I hope to be able to see and film from my […]
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Steve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing Stories.
Steve has been a passionate fan of science fiction since the mid-60s, before he even knew what it was called.
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