About the Author
A Boston native, John Farrell is also the author of
The Clock and the Camshaft: And Other Medieval Inventions We Still Can’t Live Without.
A graduate of Harvard College with a B.A. in English and American Literature, Farrell has written for
Commonweal,
Aeon,
Skeptic,
Cosmos Magazine,
New Scientist,
The Wall Street Journal,
The Guardian,
The Boston Globe,
Salon,
Forbes and
The Tablet of London. His fiction has appeared in
Dappled Things, his poetry in
Penwood Review,
First Things and
U.S. Catholic.
He lives in Newton, Massachusetts with his wife and two children.
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