MICROMOTIVES & MACROBEHAVIOUR

Thomas Edison said that sleep is "a bad habit." Like Edison, we seem to think of sleep as an adversary and try to fight it at every turn. The average American sleeps less than the recommended seven hours per night, mostly due to electric lights, television, computers, and smartphones. 

If you don’t have a book on hand, it’s hard to read a book. So take one with you wherever you go. This may be inconvenient if you don’t carry a bag or purse around all the time, it is recommended an e-reader such as the Kindle and its associated apps.

• Thomas Aquinas, a theologian, studied alchemy before it was condemned by the Church.
• Roger Bacon was the first European to describe how to make gunpowder.
• Paracelsus used his knowledge of chemical processes to benefit the...