Isidore of Seville (c.560 - 636) was one of the most influential authors of the early Middle Ages. Although he was a long-serving bishop, he...

I suffer from an addiction. It’s not a craving for alcohol, tobacco or some other substance. My poisons are computer games like Civilization...

Why did modern science arise in western Europe and nowhere else? If you ever meet a historian of science, for goodness sake, don’t ask them...

My grandmother, Nana, died at the age of 101 late last year. Here's my tribute from her funeral. Nineteen sixteen seems a very long ti...

1. Jerry Pournelle, science-fiction author extraordinaire, has died . I'm more affected by this than I can justify. I wrote over at Agen...

Daniel J. Boorstin  was a historian and Librarian of Congress . He is known among historians of science for his absurd claims about the flat...

We visited the seaside at Hythe in Kent, one of the five Cinque ports, on Saturday. Hythe is a pleasant little market town, although nothing...

Although my new book is on What Everyone Needs to Know about Tax , I have been contributing to various books on the history of science, and ...

I have a new book out called What Everyone Needs to Know about Tax . In it I take look at the UK tax system and provide non-specialist reade...

Some University of Washington philosophers are teaching a course this coming spring term on critical thinking. A very specific aspect of cri...