i can’t freaking believe i’m the only person in the all consuming universe to read this book. it’s heavy but incredible. science, philosophy, einstein swearing at nazis—it’s got it all.

One of, if not the, best single volumes on Darwin. Definitely scholarly stuff—not necessarily fun to read. But very valuable.

This is simply the best compendium of Darwin’s work and works about Darwin that I’ve encountered in a single book. For scholars, only the Cambridge Companion to Darwin is more valuable.

whew! this is an intense book. i guess, as it turns out, people have always been vicious animals with one another! go figure!

likely the most important book by arguably the best theologian in the mid-20th century.

amazing so far.

should have read this years ago. Lewis Carroll would have been proud; Escher would have drawn an especially unsettling cover, and Gödel would have muttered something unintelligible in German using mathematical symbols.

If you want omnibus coverage of both these major authors/thinkers lives, this isn’t it. Duriez compiled these thoughts from smatterings of lectures he’s delivered to audiences in the UK and US and at times, the book seems more like a collection of notes than a seamless dual biography. On the other hand, it’s a good overview, if somewhat critical of Lewis. The beginnings of chapters that offer little vignettes of significant moments in their lives or their friendship are especially compelling. But overall, this isn’t the best biography of either of the men and leaves out much of the richness that could be included given Duriez’s years of study into their careers.

this set is what boss fans have been waiting for…for about thirty years.

sellers plays 3 roles—british officer, president of US, and former Nazi nuclear scientist. he’s brilliant in all three.

my only complaint about this movie is that it’s not funny. the humor is so dark that it’s just a shadow. every “gag” becomes an ironic commentary on the incompetence of politicians, the military, and psychological testing. that being said, it’s a beautiful movie in every respect.

i’m proud to know that yoder taught at notre dame for much of his academic career.