Born on November 27, 1942 to a 17-year-old mother and a father in the military, Jimi Hendrix was raised by relatives and grew up in poverty. Expelled from school as a teenager, he was later caught stealing cars. As punishment, the young man faced probation or the military. He choseContinue Reading

There’s a reason wildlife biologists treat fresh animal scat like it’s a heap of gold. It is a gold mine of information. The first things fresh scat offers, of course, are a) confirmation that you are in an animal’s territory and b) initial clues about the particular animal’s diet andContinue Reading

On Monday, September 13, 2013, the New York Times published my opinion piece “How to Fall in Love with Math.” I awoke to find my email inbox overflowing with messages, not just from acquaintances but also from a bewildering number of strangers. Many more responses poured in online on theContinue Reading