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What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Godfather’ by Mario Puzo

28 October 2026 at 20:08
“The Godfather”— the epic tale of crime and betrayal that became a global phenomenon. Almost 50 years ago, a classic was born. A searing portrayal of the Mafia underworld, “The Godfather” introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones, and their powerful legacy of tradition, blood, and honor. The seduction of power, the pitfalls of greed, and the allegiance to family — these are the themes that have resonated with millions of readers around the world and made “T

What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Physicist’s Way’ by P. James E. Peebles

27 October 2026 at 19:50
What principles guide physicists’ ways of thinking and the practice and culture of the discipline? In “The Physicist’s Way,” the Nobel Prize–winning physicist P.J.E. Peebles argues that definite assumptions underpin the working physicist’s approach, the elements of which are learned organically by incoming generations of students and shared across the field. Peebles outlines these basic principles, elucidating how physicists apply their approach to a broad range of topics, from quantum physics t

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