Praise for In Search of Time
“Falk's book is what Hawking's Brief History should have been." — The Ottawa Citizen
"Unputdownable" — Sir Martin Rees
In Search of Time is now available in paperback across the U.S.
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Apples to apples: analogies as the essence of human thought
Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2013Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander believe we're hard-wired to make comparisons – but does our knack for drawing analogies form the basis of human thought? I review their new book, Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking, in today's Globe and Mail.
Honourable Mention for “The God Particle”
Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2013I'm very pleased to have received an Honourable Mention in the 2012 Canadian Science Writers' Association's annual Science in Society Journalism Awards competition. The article was called "The God Particle", and looked at the public appetite for popular physics writing, especially when science brushes up against philosophy and religion. It ran in The Walrus in December 2012.
Can Lee Smolin get time flowing again?
Posted on Saturday, April 27, 2013Einstein called the flow of time “a stubbornly persistent illusion” – but physicist Lee Smolin says it’s very real, and needs to be explained. I review his latest book, Time Reborn, in today’s Globe and Mail newspaper.
TEDxNovaScotia
Posted on Monday, March 4, 2013I’m delighted to have been selected to participate in TEDxNovaScotia. My talk will explore the connections between science, art, and literature during the Renaissance, and will take place in my hometown of Halifax on Sunday March 10.
In Search of Weird Life
Posted on Saturday, March 2, 2013Just how weird could life be – either on our own planet, or beyond? I review David Toomey’s book Weird Life in today’s Globe and Mail newspaper.
Science at the Movies
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013I'm thrilled to be acting as moderator for "Science at the Movies," a series of three science-themed films, with expert panelists, coming to the Bloor HotDocs Cinema in Toronto. The series kicks off with 'Star Trek: First Contact" and guest speaker Lawrence Krauss on Feb. 26.
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Time Warped
Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012How do our brains process time? I explore the puzzle of time perception in the January issue of Smithsonian magazine.
The God Particle
Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2012Physics books -- Neil Turok's The Universe Within is the latest -- sell like hot cakes, even though we struggle to understand their content. Are we hoping to find more than just quarks and quasars between their covers? I look at the allure of physics in the current issue of The Walrus.
Read the article via The Walrus's website.
The Science of Morality
Posted on Monday, October 1, 2012How do we know right from wrong? For centuries, religion and philosophy tried to provide answers. Now psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology are weighing in. Part One of my documentary, "The Science of Morality," airs on Ideas on CBC Radio One this Wednesday, Oct. 3. Part Two airs next Wednesday, Oct. 10.
Could the Internet "wake up"?
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012Could the Internet become conscious? In my first article for Slate / FutureTense, I speak with Christof Koch, Robert J. Sawyer, Daniel Dennett, and Sean Carroll about what, if anything, the Internet may have on its mind…
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Dan Falk is an award winning freelance writer and broadcaster specializing in science stories, and was a 2011/12 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
