Epstein Secrets

f deliberate obscurity, hilariously lampooned by Alan Sokal in his hoax article, "Towards a transformat

'Arcy Thompson. Learn lyricism by reading Wordsworth, as well as Carl Sagan or Peter Atkins. Learn wit from P G Wodehouse, as well as Steve Jones or Matt Ridley. You cannot write unless you love reading. Adjectives and adverbs are special treats. Ration them. The passive voice is not to be encouraged - see

nd Atoms. He is the author of AB, co-author (with Alan Gershenfeld & Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld) of Design

ible continuations; the task is to find one that leads to a predefined goal (a checkmate, or failing that, a draw). But the tree is far too big to 8 Matt Ridley, in The Rational Optimist, rightly stresses the positive effect of population on the rate of progress. But that has never yet been the biggest factor

nd Atoms. He is the author of AB, co-author (with Alan Gershenfeld & Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld) of Design

ible continuations; the task is to find one that leads to a predefined goal (a checkmate, or failing that, a draw). But the tree is far too big to 8 Matt Ridley, in The Rational Optimist, rightly stresses the positive effect of population on the rate of progress. But that has never yet been the biggest factor