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Book Review:  In Our Defense
Departments

Book Review: In Our Defense

New and Notable

by Joel Stein

Atomic Habitat
All Right Now

Atomic Habitat

How one quantum physicist sets the stage for big revelations about tiny things.

by Nestor Walters

Psychology and Life
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Psychology and Life

Remembering Professor Philip Zimbardo.

by Summer Moore Batte

His Idea Led to 20,000 Fewer Russian Nukes
Farewells

His Idea Led to 20,000 Fewer Russian Nukes

Thomas Neff, MS ’66, PhD ’73

by Kali Shiloh

Inquisitive Infectious Disease Expert
Farewells

Inquisitive Infectious Disease Expert

Janice “Wes” Yu Brown, ’81

by Kali Shiloh

Art and Soul
Features

Art and Soul

What Professor Alexander Nemerov cares about and why.

by Tracie White

Put It in Writing
Features

Put It in Writing

Cultural critic Rachel Syme wants us to embrace the outdated extravagance of the letter.

by Jennifer Reese

Meet Ryan Agarwal, ’25
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Meet Ryan Agarwal, ’25

The shooting guard from Texas is his own kind of maverick.

by Tracie White