Author of ASTOUNDING, INVENTOR OF THE FUTURE, and COLLISIONS, the first biography of physicist Luis W. Alvarez. Rarely on X. Contact via official site below.
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Today is the publication day of my new book COLLISIONS: A Physicist’s Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs (@wwnorton). It’s the first biography of Luis W. Alvarez—a scientist whose life took him to the most incredible places imaginable.
wwnorton.com/books/978132407…
Even in outline, Alvarez's life is astonishing. He also embodied a vision of what a scientist could be: curious, audacious, brilliant—and deeply flawed. Writing about him changed the way I think about science, creativity, and what it means to solve problems.
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This reference to "Byron's image as the personification of the Byronic hero" reminds me of what Homer Simpson said when told that he had a genetic condition known as Homer Simpson Syndrome: "Oh, why me?"
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It is a fascinating case study in myth making even in our modern communications age where everything can be verified.
I knew Bob's tale for years & took it to be true until @nevalalee did a clinical autopsy.
This 🧵 is mostly this article 👇
slate.com/culture/2022/06/am…
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@nevalalee I learned about Alvarez from this video, and I didn't realize he's the subject of your next book until I listened to your Hugos There podcast youtu.be/aY985qzn7oI?t=863
A nice mention of my boy Luis Alvarez in the opening of this great piece by @__katrinarenee in the @nytimes. (To be fair, the article that Alvarez saw that day didn't mention Meitner either—I've read it!—but I agree that she deserves a lot more credit.)
nytimes.com/2023/10/02/scien…
A great piece in @slate from @dan_sinykin about the editing / publishing career of Lester del Rey, which I wasn't able to cover in ASTOUNDING—although now I wish I had! But I couldn't have done a better job than this.
slate.com/culture/2023/10/le…
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I appreciated your balanced perspective. My father read his fiction and non-fiction. I've referred others to your publicbooks.org/asimovs-empi… article.
