Hemingway, Bach, Led Zeppelin: Neuron Culture’s Musical October

Posted on November 8, 2011 by David Dobbs · Leave a comment

‘Twas an aural month at the blog. Here are October 2011’s biggest hits at Neuron Culture: Listen: Hemingway’s Short, Moving Nobel Prize Speech I have read the speech a few times before. Yet when I listened to it today for the first time, at a time when I am re- reading his stories now and […]

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“It’s Just a F**king Little 16th Note. But You Have to Play It.”

Posted on October 6, 2011 by David Dobbs · Leave a comment

The fine writer Steve Silberman has posted a collective homage to good teachers at his blog NeuroTribes. The loveliest is his tribute to his husband Keith, who holds a PhD from Berkeley and teaches science in a high school. Lucky be his students. Steve asked several writers to answer the question, What’s the most important […]

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