Amanda Rees
@amandarees.bsky.social
Historian of science working on histories of the future, the nature of human/animal relationships, and relationships between science and religion, as well as histories of the field sciences. Will witter on about SF at the drop of a warp drive. Cymraes.
Ta! Charlotte found it (what would I do without that woman!!) - Tom had a special feeling for the book of Job and its engagement with science.
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Ta! Charlotte found it (what would I do without that woman!!) - Tom had a special feeling for the book of Job and its engagement with science.
#IsaacAsimov's 'Sally' (1953) - about a retirement farm for autonomous cars with positronic brains. Unusual in that the Three Laws do not apply
December 24, 2024 at 2:05 PM
#IsaacAsimov's 'Sally' (1953) - about a retirement farm for autonomous cars with positronic brains. Unusual in that the Three Laws do not apply
(that was meant for the plausible charlatans line. Not the author of the post. Whose prose style obvs. rivals Milton's, any day of the week....)
November 28, 2024 at 3:25 PM
(that was meant for the plausible charlatans line. Not the author of the post. Whose prose style obvs. rivals Milton's, any day of the week....)
"Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour!"
November 28, 2024 at 3:24 PM
"Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour!"
Reposted by Amanda Rees
The Music Instinct is about why we make and love music, how our brains make sense of it, how composers and performers engage the emotions, and why music is IMO one of the most profound products of the human mind.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/405735...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/405735...
The Music Instinct
Why have all human cultures - today and throughout history - made music? Why does music excite such rich emotion? How do we make sense of musical sound?
These are questions that have, until recently...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 3:36 PM
The Music Instinct is about why we make and love music, how our brains make sense of it, how composers and performers engage the emotions, and why music is IMO one of the most profound products of the human mind.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/405735...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/405735...