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Inthisastonishingandprofoundwork,anirreverentsleuthtracestheriddleofexistencefromtheancientworldtomoderntimes.Whetherframedphilosophicallyas“Whyisthereaworldratherthannothingatall?”ormorecolloquiallyas“But,Mommy,wh
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alow-voltagejournalistwhosplitshistimebetweenNewYorkandParis.Iwritemainlyaboutphilosophicalandscientificsubjects,occasionallyalsoproducingwhatcouldcharitablybedescribedas"humor."IcontributefairlyregularlytoTheNewYorker,TheNewYorkTimesBookReview,TheNewYorkTimesMagazine,Slate,TheNewYorkReviewofBooks,TheAmericanScholar,etc.ForabouttenyearsIdidaweeklyradiospotonBBCWalescalled"LivinginAmerica,withJimHolt."IusedtoappearonTVnowandthen--WilliamBuckley's"FiringLine,"NBCNewswithBrokaw,CNN--butIwriteaboutsuchesotericsubjectsthatIamrarelyaskedanymore.Foroneyear(1997)IwastheeditorofavenerableandpinkoidpoliticalmagazinecalledTheNewLeader.AndIhaveabookforthcomingonthehistoryoftheideaoftheinfinitesimal,"WorldsWithinWorlds."IknewAndyWarholfairlywell.IhaveagirlfriendinParisandaminiaturedachshundnamedRenzo.Thatisundoubtedlymorethanyouwishedtoknow.
