An Origins Podcast EXCLUSIVE: A Dialogue with Cormac McCarthy About Science, on the occasion of his newest book releases

The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss by Lawrence M. Krauss

Dec 9, 202202:22:47Science & Medicine

Cormac McCarthy is a literary icon. Winner of the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for his novel All the Pretty Horses , and the Pulitzer Prize for his apocalyptic novel The Road , Norma's e...

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