arthur koestler

L. Sprague de Camp's The Ancient Engineers written in 1963 features facts, speculation about what wasn't know then, and a sarcastic wit when it came to commenting about the effects of non engineers who tried to engineer engineering. The story illustrates people's efforts to harness the power the...

A place to discuss this prolific author (1905-1983) of novels, autobiography, history of science, parapsychological studies, etc. I've not read much by him -- Darkness at Noon and The Roots of Coincidence are about all, and neither of those recently; but I thought he might be worth a look. I...