I have been reading Primo Levi, that man who was sent to to vey core of inhumanity and returned more humane than anyone, that man who I am proud to look up for inspiration. There are only a few who can move us the way Levi does with his prose, his courage and his life. A few links to share.
A story (translated) published recently at New Yorker called A Tranquil Star.
Once upon a time, somewhere in the universe very far from here, lived a peaceful star, which moved peacefully in the immensity of the sky, surrounded by a crowd of peaceful planets about which we have not a thing to report. This star was very big and very hot, and its weight was enormous: and here a reporter's difficulties begin. We have written "very far," "big," "hot," "enormous": Australia is very far, an elephant is big and a house is bigger, this morning I had a hot bath, Everest is enormous. It's clear that something in our lexicon isn't working.
More like this
CNN story on NAC
Wes Huntress, Charles Kennel and Eugene Levy are off the NASA Advisory Council science committee.
Kennel resigned, Griffin fires Huntress and Levy.
When I was first reading about Anthropology as a budding Archaeologist, Claude Levi Strauss was old. When I went to graduate school, I was shocked to see Claude Levi Strauss walking around at conferences, being old and revered.
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I read his The Periodic Table a few years ago and it made a big impact on me, thanks for the link. He is a good example of someone who communicates really well about both science and humanitarian issues.