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# Further Reading
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2017/11/05/further-reading-48/
- Published: 2017-11-05T19:21:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-08-27T18:27:27.000Z
- Description: Found: The universe’s missing atoms. Untangling spider biology. Conversations with Tim O'Reilly and Hélène Cixous. The coming software apocalypse. A history of mathematical typography. There never was a tulip fever. How ether transformed surgery. A history of the first peoples in America. And more.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Blog, Further Reading

Astronomers say they’ve found [many of the universe’s missing atoms.](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/astronomers-say-they-ve-found-many-universe-s-missing-atoms?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

[Spider genes](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/spider-genes-put-new-spin-arachnids-potent-venoms-stunning-silks-and-surprising-history?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) put a new spin on arachnids’ potent venoms, stunning silks, and surprising history.

[A conversation with Tim O'Reilly.](https://www.edge.org/conversation/tim%5Foreilly-reality-is-an-activity-of-the-most-august-imagination?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

[Islam and Economic Performance: Historical and Contemporary Links](https://sites.duke.edu/timurkuran/files/2017/09/Islam-Economic-Performance-Kuran-JEL-in-press.pdf?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com). New survey article by Timur Kuran, forthcoming in vol. 56 (2018) of the *Journal of Economic Literature*.

[A conversation with Hélène Cixous](http://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2017-10/helen-cixous-feminismus-frankreich-sprache?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) (in German).

[The Coming Software Apocalypse.](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/saving-the-world-from-code/540393/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

[Life after mercury poisoning.](https://mosaicscience.com/story/mercury-poisoning-minamata-disaster-environment?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

Russia’s turbulent century of revolutions, from Lenin to Putin, [in less than 2,000 words.](https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2017/10/russia-s-turbulent-century-revolutions-lenin-putin?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

[Mata Hari wasn't a cunning spy after all.](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2017/11-12/mata-hari-history-killing/?curator=MediaREDEF&ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

An essay on [the history of mathematical typography.](http://www.practicallyefficient.com/2017/10/13/from-boiling-lead-and-black-art.html?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

[Contrary to popular belief there never was a real tulip fever.](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/there-never-was-real-tulip-fever-180964915/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

[How ether transformed surgery.](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-ether-transformed-surgery-from-a-race-against-the-clock/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

Of course, [China, too](https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609038/chinas-ai-awakening/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com), is investing heavily in AI.

[A new history](https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/10/a-brief-history-of-everyone-who-ever-lived/537942/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) of the first peoples in the Americas.

[Silicon Valley’s next target for disruption is socks](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-10-03/silicon-valley-s-next-target-for-disruption-is-socks??ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) (yes, socks). Some of the [hiking models](https://www.stance.com/adventure-socks/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) are pretty cool by the way. I want some!