Night and Day
Distinguished historian of science Gerald Holton explains that scientists share with artists a period of groping to find what they really want to say.
View ArticleSelf and Systems
Current trends in this field have radically changed the face of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy by paving the way for innovative thinking, elaborating psychoanalytic theory, and linking therapeutic...
View ArticleA Dangerous Divide
Fifty years ago, C.P. Snow identified a lack of understanding between scientists and literary scholars. Panelists at an Academy symposium, summarized in a new eBriefing, say the divide today is between...
View ArticleYou Are What You Eat
In this eBriefing Harvard's Steven Shapin brings a science historian's perspective to bear on present-day thinking about our food, our relationship to scientific expertise, and our place in nature.
View ArticleThe Art & Science of Modernist Cuisine
Former Microsoft CTO, inventor, entrepreneur, and award-winning chef Nathan Myhrvold teamed up with world-class culinary artists and scientists Chris Young and Maxime Bilet to produce Modernist...
View ArticlePerspectives on the Self
This volume stems from a six-part lecture series, sponsored by The New York Academy of Sciences and the Nour Foundation, which sought to foster reflection and insight on the current concept and...
View ArticleArts, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Islamic Studies Research
This eBriefing highlights humanities and social sciences research presented at the Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum. Topics include civic engagement, urbanization, demography, public health,...
View ArticlePrioritizing Health Disparities in Medical Education to Improve Care
In this eBriefing, explore ways to incorporate health disparities research and preventative care approaches into the medical school curriculum, attract trainees to health inequity research, and improve...
View ArticleGluttony
Steve Ettlinger and Dwight Eschliman described their investigation of the ingredients in processed foods and discussed their upcoming book, Foodstuff, at the finale of the Academy's Science and the...
View ArticleThe Emerging Science of Consciousness
In this Annals volume an eclectic group of experts shares their thoughts and opinions on the nature and function of consciousness in relation to behavior, ethics, creativity, music, and...
View ArticleFlow of Time
This Annals volume explores the nature of time's passage from a variety of perspectives, including from mathematics and physics to linguistics and cognitive science.Volume 1326
View ArticleBeyond the Big Bang
This Annals volume presents papers from a three-part series, in collaboration with the Nour Foundation, on the relevance of modern-day physics to perennial questions confronting human existence.Volume...
View ArticleSpecial Issue: Respiratory Science
This Annals issue presents a collection of review articles on interdisciplinary topics in respiratory science.Volume 1365
View ArticleThe Physics of Everything
Is there a limit to human knowledge? Where do philosophy and physics intersect? Are we alone in the universe? Answering these and other questions, this six-part series united some of our most vibrant...
View ArticleSpecial Issue: From Knowledge to Wisdom: Science and the Good Life
This Annals issue presents papers from a three-part series, in collaboration with the Nour Foundation, on the science of happiness, morality, and wisdom.Volume 1384
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