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...that come into play when things are small. We’ve known for half a century that each of these models works well in its own domain, but each also proclaims that the other is defective. Melding the warring antagonists is essential to gaining insight into other great mysteries??€”what happened at the big bang, the true fate of matter crushed at the center of a black hole, even the nature of time. I began working on string theory—one of the most promising approaches—25 years ago, as a young graduate student...
...Rowling may be writing for children but she never writes down to them. She takes on what I call the ‘great existential mysteries??€™â€”death and loss, good and evil—although for Rowling, it’s really more about power than anything else. And then there is the pairing of depression and desire: the Mirror of Erised and the Dementors, who rob you of hope. Is there anything more frightening...
What I couldn’t do was just not believe. Like many people with an artistic temperament, I worshipped the world’s mysteries??€”mountains, the ocean, art, and poetry—to the point of rapture. Anything I thought was beautiful brought me to tears. I loved my family and friends so fiercely that I frequently prayed for their safety, for our continued happiness. Belief of some sort seemed the only concept that could contain the intensity of my feelings. I dismissed the idea of a God who created humans, but a God who came...
Hopefully it is not too late for Widener. With the $90-million-plus renovations just completed, there might be a limited desire to change anything about the library. The mysteries??€”not just of Pusey 3 or of the hallowed top-floor faculty offices, but even of the frescoes and the memorial room—will remain the domain of those with a precious university affiliation. Nonetheless, as the university plans its growth into Allston, the needs of visitors should not be ignored. To an important extent, Harvard is a public institution, and its halls must be thought...
There are many small mysteries??€”there’s the biotech lab facing Mass. Ave. which for some unknown reason hides its pipette-wielders from view with a set of cartoonish stained-glass windows. There’s the 50-something woman energetically doing calisthenics to hip-hop music blaring out of a store that sells everything, from luggage to sports jersey dresses...