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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Praise for the British edition of In Search of Time

Posted on June 30th, 2009

The UK edition of In Search of Time, released in June, is drawing positive reviews: It was selected as the Book of the Week by the Daily Mail, while the Financial Times called it "an accessible and entertaining introduct

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Two of One Kind: Galileo and Darwin

Posted on June 10th, 2009

Expanding on a piece I wrote earlier for the Toronto Star, this feature story for Search magazine examines the joint legacy of Darwin and Galileo, two great thinkers both having anniversaries this year.

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The origins of life, the universe, and everything

Posted on May 3rd, 2009

I report on the recent "Origins" symposium, held in Phoenix in April, for SkyandTelescope.com. Organized by physicist Lawrence Krauss, the remarkable four-day event - with an atmosphere that might be described as a "Woodstock of Science" - boasted a superstar lineup: Brian Greene, Steven Weinberg, Richard Dawkins, Paul Davies, Craig Venter, and Steven Pinker, to name just a few.

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When Carl met Wolfgang

Posted on April 26th, 2009

In the latest issue of New Scientist, I review Arthur I. Miller's new book, Deciphering the Cosmic Number - a joint biography of quantum physics pioneer Wolfgang Pauli and psychoanalysis master Carl Jung.

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Dan Falk reviews Christopher Potter's You Are Here

Posted on April 3rd, 2009

I review Christopher Potter’s latest book, You Are Here: A Portable Guide to the Universe, in Saturday’s Globe & Mail. (This is a longer review than the one I did a few weeks ago for New Scientist.)

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