哈泼斯杂志:前《大众科学》编辑撰写重磅炸弹式的丘吉尔评论

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马杜斯里·慕克吉因其在《大众科学》上对弦理论和相关理论的深入了解以及其新闻和专题写作的优雅而脱颖而出。

离开后,这位受过训练的物理学家将其写作才能应用于一本关于安达曼群岛居民的书,以及最近的《丘吉尔的秘密战争》这是一项来自大量一手资料的尖锐调查,揭示了温斯顿·丘吉尔的直接决策如何导致印度次大陆的大规模饥荒。

在最近的哈泼斯杂志采访中与马杜斯里见面,她在采访中优雅地应对了采访者斯科特·霍顿提出的一系列尖锐问题。《哈泼斯杂志》称她的书为“重磅炸弹”。


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那么丘吉尔的政治与科学有什么关系呢?

阅读这篇之前在《大众科学》上发表的节选,其中介绍了丘吉尔任命的一位科学家/官僚,他以冷酷理性的方法执行了使印度人流血的政策。

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Gary Stix, senior editor of mind and brain topics at 大众科学, edits and reports on emerging advances that have propelled brain science to the forefront of the biological sciences. Stix has edited or written cover stories, feature articles and news on diverse topics, ranging from what happens in the brain when a person is immersed in thought to the impact of brain implant technology that alleviates mood disorders such as depression. Before taking over the neuroscience beat, Stix, as 大众科学's special projects editor, was responsible for the magazine's annual single-topic special issues, conceiving of and producing issues on Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, climate change and nanotechnology. One special issue he oversaw on the topic of time in all of its manifestations won a National Magazine Award. With his wife Miriam Lacob, Stix is co-author of a technology primer called Who Gives a Gigabyte? A Survival Guide for the Technologically Perplexed.

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