Logicomix

A graphic novel about Bertrand Russell and his search for mathematical certainty? Really? Yes. And not only that, but a dramatic, engaging, and absorbing graphic novel on that theme. This witty narrative of Russell’s pursuit of philosophical truth (and other not-so-metaphysical pleasures) instructs and delights in equal measure. With a special appearance by that riveting character actor, Ludwig Wittgenstein.

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February 10: The Dreadnought Hoax, a practical joke at the British Navy's expense, occurred on this day in 1910. Among the young Bloomsbury conspirators was Virginia Woolf (then Virginia Stephen) and, though she played only a minor…

Once held close to the chest and protected by well-understood laws, the valuable information about our lives that we blithely disclose with our every keystroke has the potential…