You Have a College Degree, What Was Her Background In?

"I treat my readers as kind of equals, but people who just don't know what I happen to know," he says. "My part of the bargain is that if my readers are willing to put a little bit of mental effort in, then I will reward them with a real understanding" The author's mother was an undergraduate and master's student at Yale; they would often read together. He has dedicated rationality to his 87-year-old mother - she comments on most of his books.