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3 September 2017

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    What Science Offers the Humanities

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    It's a rather extraordinary and unusual book. It addresses some fundamental matters of interest to those of us whose education has been in the humanities. It's a book that has received very little attention as far as I know, and deserves a lot more.

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    Collected Poems

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    I have a careless theory that the poetry of Larkin has had a profound effect on the prose writing of my generation. There are many writers of my age who are steeped in Larkin and, like me, incorporate the cadences of his lines, often without being aware of it. His poems are part of my mental furniture.

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    Rabbit at Rest

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    Updike has been a very important writer for me, the one I've admired most, read most, and returned to most often.

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    The Pursuit of the Millennium

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    This celebrated book has been in print for over half a century. It's a historical account of the fanatical millenarian sects that swept across Europe from the 11th to 15th centuries: sects that were driven by certainty of the world coming to an end. Clearly, it has relevance for our times.

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    Einstein: His Life and Universe

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    It had a direct influence on Solar, yes, but this is a biography that happens to be a treatise on creativity. I was about to say scientific creativity, but I think I mean creativity itself. It shows us the creative exuberance of a man with an extraordinary visual imagination, able to recast certain problems in surprising ways.

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