Science & Technology

If just a handful more intellectuals achieved Epstein’s level of knowledge, competence, and eloquence, we would soon be living in a markedly better world.

Peltz discusses MS's efforts to inspire kids to love science, to investigate questions, and to pursue the knowledge they need to make sense of the world.

Daniel Wahl reviews Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track, by Richard Feynman.

Daniel Wahl reviews The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough

The Frackers, by Gregory Zuckerman. New York: Portfolio, 2013. 404 pp. $29.95 (hardcover). The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, the second book by Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman, tells the story of the development, over the past several decades, of the amazing technology by…

The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, by Alex Epstein. New York: Portfolio/Penguin, 2014. 256 pp. $27.95 (hardcover). Who would argue that producing and using fossil fuels is not only not shameful, but also positively virtuous? Alex Epstein would. And he has done so eloquently and thoroughly in his book, The…

Alex Epstein focuses on two essential points: We should consider the profound benefits of fossil fuels, not just its costs and problems; and we should measure these benefits and costs by the standard of human life, not untouched nature. Epstein reviews relevant scientific and historical facts in view of those major themes.

Both Brittany Maynard and Christina Symanski bravely chose to decide for themselves the terms on which they would live and die—and both women bravely chose to make their decisions and struggles public in order to highlight the inhumanity of laws forbidding assisted suicide.

Alex Epstein discusses his bestselling book, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, and how burning these fuels makes the Earth a better place for human beings.

Far from threatening human life and well-being, fossil fuels make possible the mass production of goods and services—including food and the delivery thereof—that people need in order to live and prosper in a modern, industrialized society. Thank the energy producers without whom most of the food we buy simply would not exist.