The New Yorker, December 19 & 26, 2011 World Changers (Cover) "Apparitiion"

COMMENTAlt-NewtThe future of a futurist.by Hendrik HertzbergAsk the Author: Join a live chat with THE TALK OF THE TOWNAccounts PayableOccupy Wall Street's Accounting Working Group.by Abby AguirreBeing Sir LarryKenneth Branagh, second-hand books, and Laurence Olivier.by Rebecca MeadFast and FuriousMax Cohen's taxi race around Manhattan.by Reeves WiedemanTHE FINANCIAL PAGELiving by DefaultThe difference between American Airlines' debt and yours.by James SurowieckiLETTER FROM CAIROThe Mosque on the SquareTwo weeks in the Egyptian revolution.by Peter HesslerPROFILESHigher, Faster, MadderLiving the Guinness World Records life.by Alec WilkinsonDEPT. OF ARCHEOLOGYThe SanctuarySecrets of the world's first temple.by Elif BatumanA CRITIC AT LARGEPrince of DarknessThe life and music of Carlo Gesualdo.by Alex RossPORTFOLIOPortraits from the age of Putin.by PlatonLETTER FROM MOSCOWThe Civil ArchipelagoCan the resistance to Putin gain traction?by David RemnickA REPORTER AT LARGEThe Great OasisA plan to combat desertification.by Burkhard BilgerFICTION"Stone Mattress"by Margaret AtwoodQ. & A.: Margaret Atwood discusses "Stone Mattress" with Deborah Treisman.BOOKSThe essays of John Jeremiah Sullivan.by James WoodA Year's ReadingDANCINGAlvin Ailey at City Center.by Joan AcocellaTHE THEATRE"Elective Affinities."by Hilton AlsTHE CURRENT CINEMA"Pina," "Carnage."by Anthony LanePOEMS"Horse Piano"by Anna McDonald"Sir Isaac Newton on MS and Alchemy"by Julia Mishkin"The Radical Camera," at the Jewish Museum.by Vince Aletti"The Yards," at the Museum of the Moving Image.by Richard BrodyTABLES FOR TWOLa Mar Cebichería Peruanaby Leo CareyON AND OFF THE AVENUEGucci Kidsby Patricia Marx