As a rule, one reads scientific non-fiction in order to immerse oneself in some area of ​​knowledge, but on the contrary, I read it in order to soar and examine new facets of existence from the heights of metaphysics. “The Quantum Labyrinth” by Paul Halpern broadly unfolds the canvas of the rapid development of American physics in the 20th century.

Text: Lisa Birger. This material was published on The Blueprint website on June 18, 2021. More than a year ago, on March 17, 2020, Eduard Limonov died. Although it’s hard to believe: this is the same hero about whom they write on the fences that he is alive. People like him are always standing somewhere around the corner to suddenly blow you away with a wave of their crazy energy.

Gurzuf high-speed continuous line of roadside forest broken in two And you want to go inside *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** It is impossible to prepare for Crimea. You find yourself in a strange zone of incomplete, non-final (optional) alienation with unclear dips into the gray zone. There is no Uber here, but there are Wildberries. Delivery services are local, store chains simply changed their names and continue to thrive.

Review by Pavel Gendrin of Igor Shumov’s new novel “Year of the Rat” about the cogs of the music industry, published by the publishing house “TOMYZDAT” (2021). The phrase “Year of the Rat” predictably becomes key to the meaning of the novel. This is a symbol that dissolves in all the characters, in the image of space and time, as if creating an atmosphere in which the artistic world exists.

Of course, a person has the ability to discriminate, from which it does not at all follow that discriminating is his purpose. But such a point of view exists and, admittedly, not without reason. Another thing is that we are talking here about a rather mundane, clearly not a “higher” or essential purpose. Although this thesis can be disputed.

Performance of the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra in Palmyra in 2016. Source: Wikimedia. Civilization has returned. But it has ceased to be the exclusive prerogative of the “Renaissance man” or the “West”, or even literate societies. Civilization is a way of talking about human history on the largest scale. From the cave paintings of the Lascaux caves to the latest exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, she ties human history together.

IN THE SPECIAL ROOM Interpol headquarters. What catches your eye is the latest computer technology on the tables, a large LED screen mounted on the back wall, and a massage chair on the side wall. A group of eight specialists who arrived from different countries came to the first training camp. Everyone is exclusively in civilian clothes. They involuntarily crowded to the front of the room. Waiting for the supervisor to receive further instructions.