Number of words: 388 History has numerous instances of old and well-established civilizations fading away or being ended suddenly, and vigorous new cultures taking their place. Is it some vital energy, sonic inner source of strength that gives life to a civilization or a people, without which all effort is ineffective, like the vain attempt … Read more
Number of words: 1,074 My early approach to life’s problems had been more or less scientific, with something of the easy optimism of the science of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. A secure and comfortable existence and the energy and self-confidence I possessed increased that feeling of optimism. A kind of vague humanism appealed … Read more
Number of words: 1,036 In 1942, the Japanese people were one of the anachronisms of the modern world, for although they had acquired the material assets and trappings of modern civilization philosophy, mentally they were still struggling to emancipate themselves from the fetters of feudalism and barbaric mysticism. In appearance there is no such thing … Read more
Number of words: 342 The Japanese soldier was proving a formattable foe: he was brave beyond belief, trained in jungle warfare and resourceful. He was extremely mobile and used bicycles pinched from the local population to speed his advancement where roads were available. His equipment and uniform, other than the imperial guards, was light, motley … Read more
Number of words: 520 Europe was a long way off and although it had been overrun by Hitler’s armies, nobody believed for a moment that England would be successfully invaded, particularly as the battle of Britain had ended in defeat for the luftwaffe. As far as the Japanese were concerned, although they were obviously in … Read more
Number of words: 237 Singapore was a busy city inhabited by Chinese, Indians, Malays and of course the British. It was a free port and everything was duty free and cheap. A trading centre around which the far east revolved which created, on the one hand great prosperity and on the other hand extreme poverty. … Read more
Number of words: 445 From the lofty summit of this mathematical achievement, we had a commanding view of evolutionary dynamics. We could reveal the precise conditions for natural selection to favor cooperation over defection in populations that are structured around sets. One simple conclusion that we could draw from Corina’s work was that the more … Read more
Number of words: 132 Here’s a fascinating—and humbling—social experiment. Select one hundred people at random in New York City and ask them each to list all their friends, so you can figure out their average number of friends. Then, in turn, ask their friends how many friends they have. You will find that the latter’s … Read more
Number of words: 395 Thanks to the heroic efforts of Tina Tang, who scoured texts for examples, we were able to study the evolution of 177 irregular verbs over the past 1,200 years, from Beowulf to The Canterbury Tales to Harry Potter. We grasped something that no one thought could be measured and obtained striking … Read more
Number of words: 900 We can see the ingredients all around us, in the chemical signals that flicker on and off between cells, the waggle dance of bees, territorial calls of various creatures, and the remarkable repertoire of birdsong. There are the complex patterns of moans, cries, and chirps in the songs of whales. There … Read more
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