Reading for Battle

Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.

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Science & Environment

Rebecca M. Jordan-Young speaking about her book, Brain Storm
In this compelling book, Rebecca Jordan-Young takes on the evidence that sex differences are hardwired into the brain. Analyzing virtually all published research that supports the claims of “human brain organization theory,” Jordan-Young reveals how often these studies fail the standards of science.
WGBH

The Philosophical Surgeon
In defence of scientific medicine
Michael Baum, Manifesto Club

Energy Source
Daily insight into the financial, economic and policy aspects of energy and the environment.
Tom Burgis, Financial Times

The New Science of Morality
An Edge Conference
Sam Harris, Edge

Biography of Buckminster Fuller
Hailed as "one of the greatest minds of our times, R. Buckminster Fuller was renowned for his comprehensive perspective on the world's problems
Buckminster Fuller Institute,


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Festival Buzz

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"Just when Kant's formulation that 'the public exercise of reason should be free' had begun to seem so remote and exhausted, the Battle should reinforce one's faith in the enduring worth of dissent and of the free traffic in ideas"
Swapan Chakravorty, professor of english, Jadavpur University