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Wired In

REVIEW: ‘The Magic of Code: How Digital Language Created and Connects Our World—and Shapes Our Future’ by Samuel Arbesman

Matthew Phillips
September 28, 2025
Culture

And My App! Palantir’s Quest To Give AI a Moral Purpose

REVIEW: ‘The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West’ by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska

Matthew Phillips
April 27, 2025
Culture

Angles in Our Midst

REVIEW: ‘Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World’ by Matt Parker

Matthew Phillips
January 5, 2025
Culture

Do the Math

REVIEW: ‘Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity’ by David Bessis

Matthew Phillips
July 21, 2024
Culture

Fuel for a Conspiracy

REVIEW: ‘The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I’

Matthew Phillips
January 7, 2024
Culture

Ballooning Ambitions

REVIEW: ‘His Majesty’s Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World’s Largest Flying Machine’

Matthew Phillips
August 27, 2023
Columns

Dude, Where’s My Flying Car?

REVIEW: ‘Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure’

Matthew Phillips
June 18, 2023