New from Lee Gruenfeld:
EXPLAINARAMA is a new series of articles on the Substack platform intended to explain
important topics in science & technology to non-technical people of above-average intelligence.
Here's an overview from the first article in the series describing why Lee created Explanarama:
“It’s too hard to explain.”
There’s not a sentence in the world that makes me crazier than that one.
Nothing is too hard to explain.
If you feel like you’re being left behind as the world whizzes past you at a dizzying rate, you’re not alone.
There’s no need to feel that way. If you’re of above-average intelligence and would like to understand more about science and technology without investing hours or being talked down to, give me fifteen minutes once or twice a week and I bet I can have you saying, “Aha! Now I get it!”
Below is a sample of what you're going to find.
(Click on any graphic to go right to that article.)
Books
Columns & Articles
Lee is the science & technology columnist for Newsmax.com, the fourth largest politics and news site in the world. He has also been a reporter, columnist and photographer for Ironman.com, the official website of IRONMAN, for over 25 years. You can read his articles for these and other publications by clicking below.
More good stuff
There’s some fun stuff in this section: reviews of movies that Lee highly recommends that you probably haven’t seen, book recommendations, two never-before-published short stories, and thought-provoking essays on a wide variety of topics from a new work in progress.
The Perfection Point
#4 on the New York Times Bestseller list
“Beyond fascinating. An imagined scenario...accompanies each chapter. They aren't just hypothetical vignettes but truly moving accounts that move beyond sports journalism and approach literature."
-BBC
"If you're interested in understanding the American character, there are plenty of texts to consult— including, of course, the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence and Alexis de Tocqueville's meditations on this country. Here's another work to add to the mix: John Brenkus's "The Perfection Point," about the absolute limits of human athletic performance."
-Wall Street Journal
"Sure to spark debate in sporting and scientific circles, the book is engagingly written, well argued, and —even when the conclusions seem almost science-fictiony— entirely plausible."
-Booklist (*starred review)
