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Science! In preparing for our upcoming episode about the Vienna Circle, weve been thinking about the members focus on science — quite a few of them were scientists and mathematicians, and this perspective inspired their ideas. So for the month of May, we thought wed provide some past episodes about the Philosophy of Science as a helpful backgrounder for exploring the Vienna Circle.  Back in 2006, John and Ken explored fundamental questions in the philosophy of science with recent-return gues...

‘Healing’ crystals are having a pandemic moment. But science says they’re just pretty stones. Amanda McCracken © The Washington Post/iStock When my friend, a massage therapist, learned I was pregnant last winter, he gifted me a stunning large, clear piece of quartz he had bought during a recent crystal-foraging trip to Brazil. I welcomed the gift and the positive protective energy my friend said he could feel with his hands. I even placed it on the dinner table the nig...

When my friend, a massage therapist, learned I was pregnant last winter, he gifted me a stunning large, clear piece of quartz he had bought during a recent crystal-foraging trip

— George Herbert, ‘“The Flower”   Here at the Library, looking forward to spring and our new programs, “recovered greenness” is what I feel. Reaching out to the writers, poets, biographers, scholars all, in our community whose programs had to be cancelled due to the pandemic, I feel a sense of renewal and hope for new beginnings. In his memorial tribute to Elizabeth Bishop, James Merrill quoted the Italian poet and essayist Eugenio Montale — “The ancients said poetry is a stair...