Little Big Man — Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal science and philosophy book reviewer and author of the forthcoming Worlds Within Worlds: How the Infitesimal Revolutionized Thought asks, “Which, from the point of view of the universe, is more contemptible–our minuteness or our brevity? Cosmically speaking, do we last a long time for our size or a short time? Or, put the other way, are we big or small for our life span?” Lingua Franca