Books

secret project

secret project

I have been granted visiting scholar status at the AMNH, to research my next book. The back-0f-house of the museum is full of amazing things, though, sadly, I don’t have access to them all, to just peer in all the cupboards, boxes and jars. I […]

magnet release 9/19/2019

magnet release 9/19/2019

I wrote a book about magnets, magnetism, Mesmer, obsession, navigation, the Admiralty, Wile E. Coyote, and eating refrigerator letters. Among other things. Order online (amazon, bloomsbury, powell’s) or look for it at a bookstore near you.    

Reading the Catalog

Reading the Catalog

There are few publishing houses which can make one feel enchanted, and they don’t come along very often. (I’ve ‘met’ two others in my lifetime.) To create such a mystery requires foresight and intent, yet to understand this, what is one to do? To be […]

Some beauty of the Adelphi Project

Some beauty of the Adelphi Project

It’s strange to have written so little about The Adelphi Project in the past year. Having read 341 books or so (a few more now), and having spent so much time thinking about everything even slightly related, I still seem to forget to bring you […]