Like many students I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science.
Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of...
It seems to me that we're in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic...
Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.
One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that...
My Botswana books are positive and I've never really sought to deny that....
I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture...
But you cannot expect every writer to dwell on human suffering. I think my...
It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination so that...
My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like...
I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to...
Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age.
