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Zeki, The Brain, and The Art of Abstraction

My introduction to Semir Zeki came in 1992 with a special issue of Scientific American called Mind And Brain. I still have the magazine with the lines I highlighted. I was excited when I read it. Something new was happening. Here are some of the passages I marked:

“The […]

Galileo’s Perspective

Our family lived in France for the last six months and at the end of that time we had the chance to visit family in Florence. Since we drove to Florence we could stop at Pisa along the way. I found Galileo all around me.

Dava Sobel’s book, Galileo’s Daughter, once drew me in and […]