Arts & Culture, Science & Technology
Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
Isaacson’s Leonardo Da Vinci distills this complex Renaissance man whose achievements in art and science have enriched posterity.
From Sea to Shining Sea: The Heroes and Villains of the First Transcontinental Railroad
Despite the graft of a few pseudo-businessmen, the First Transcontinental Railroad was a profoundly life-enhancing demonstration of human ingenuity.
‘Sense Being Preferable to Sound’
After a town named itself in honor of Benjamin Franklin, someone suggested that he acknowledge the tribute by supplying a church bell. Franklin, a “thorough Deist,” proposed a different gift.
Monticello: Portrait of Its Designer
Monticello, by America’s first native-born architect, Thomas Jefferson, is a window into the mind of this most complex and captivating of Founders.
Announcements, Education & Parenting
Craig and Sarah Biddle on Parenting, at TOS-Con 2019
We want our children to live wonderful, happy lives. How can we help them to become independent thinkers and rational decision makers so they will?
History, Philosophy, Science & Technology
John Locke and Natural Philosophy by Peter Anstey
Peter Anstey reveals how John Locke’s pessimism about a science of nature began evaporating in light of Isaac Newton’s achievements.
Buster Keaton’s Silence Was Golden
Among the stars of silent film, Buster Keaton stands out as a uniquely inventive talent.
Salk and Sabin: The Rivalry That Killed Polio
Salk and Sabin never worked together, but their combined efforts made possible a world in which almost no one suffers from polio.
