by Dana Mackenzie | Aug 30, 2018 | Book of Why, Books, Causation, Events, Santa Cruz
Today Jen Golbeck’s interview with Judea and me for the Science (magazine) Podcast went up, and you can listen to it here. (Alternatively, for the next 7 days, you can also go to the main Science magazine website at www.sciencemag.org and scroll down to the...
by Dana Mackenzie | Aug 17, 2018 | Book of Why, Events
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, publishers of Science magazine, also have a weekly podcast, called (of course) the Science Podcast. I’m pleased to announce that The Book of Why will be the featured book two weeks from now, in the...
by Dana Mackenzie | Jul 21, 2018 | Book of Why, Books, Causation, Events
Earlier this week I gave a presentation based on The Book of Why at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley, where I have been a journalist in residence for the last eight weeks. It was very similar to my presentation at the Aptos Library in...
by Dana Mackenzie | Jun 16, 2018 | Book of Why, Books
Some of my very well-meaning friends are saying that I “wrote a New York Times bestseller.” I’m very flattered, but er, um, that’s not quite true. Here’s a post from my chess blog that explains why “reviewed in the New York...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 31, 2018 | Book of Why, Books
I have to pass along this wonderful conversation about The Book of Why that took place on Facebook. A friend of mine sent me a link to it; I do not know any of the commenters personally. More than any sales numbers or Amazon rankings, this conversation warmed my heart...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 20, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Book of Why, Books, Causation
News flash: The Book of Why is now #86 among all hardcover books on Amazon #18 among all science and math books on Amazon #2 among all hardcover science and math books on Amazon (behind only The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli)!!!! Dreams don’t usually come true...
