Why the Net Matters

The Incognito Cover

Thanks to everyone who voted in the poll! The covers have now been finalized, and here they are:

USA: Pantheon Books	UK: Canongate Books

Thanks again for the suggestions and contributions. For more about Incognito, click here.

Writing

From the Blog

Q & A in New Scientist magazine

Read a Q&A with David in New Scientist to find out his latest ideas and advice to young scientists.
Remembering a trail blazer - Francis Crick

Francis Crick, one of the premier biologists of the 20th century, passed away July 28, 2004, in San Diego. On his 88th birthday last June, I brought him chocolates and spent the day with him in his home in La Jolla.
Will Self

The author Will Self and I appeared on stage together to discuss life, death, and what makes good writing.
My favorite New Yorker cartoon. Ever.

I'm a sucker for time jokes.

Newsflashes

SUM at the Royal Opera House

ROH SUM has been turned into an opera at the Royal Opera House in London (Composer: Max Richter, Director: Wayne McGregor). The London Evening Standard hails the opera as "immersive, meditative and sweetly fascinating". Read about the background of the collaboration in Wired.