pj
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Economix
A book I have just read (five years too late.)
A dismal science nicely explained. I could have
a discussion over some later pages, over a beer.
But otherwise, a great comics. Not too many letters
not too many oversimplifications.
I endorse it wholeheartedly. |
The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom
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jslade
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Best so far this year:
Burton Klein "Dynamic Economics" -best economics book I've looked at yet (mostly probably doesn't qualify as economics)
"Conquest of New Spain" by Bernal Díaz del Castillo -like the Anabasis for Spaniards. |
"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious." |
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pj
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And of course
Why Evolution is True
Amazing book. Full of delightful factoids,
like the amazing bird of kakapo,
number of vaginas in kangaroos, etc etc.
What I found very sad, was amount of effort
that the author took to convince,
that the evolution is not a theory,
which in my case it was a preaching to the choir.
Well, the flatearthers will be always with us.  |
The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom
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| "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is a fun for those who like physics. |
First Commander of the USS Enterprise |
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pj
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Александр Панчин "Сумма биотехнологии"
Sorry, the book is in Russian, and I don't believe it will be translated.
More the pity.
Finally I have found the decent explanations of how the genetic engineering actually works. In four words: it's absolutely amazing.
In other life I would like to be an engineer of this kind.
And I totally agree with author's point. GMO is really bad.
Not the thing itself, but the expression in current usage.
Like GMO in "non GMO salt":
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The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom
Henry L. Mencken |
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tabris
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| I am a few years late to this game but I just started The Expanse series by James S A Corey and am loving it. |
Dilbert: Why does it seem as though I am the only honest guy on earth?
Dogbert: Your type tends not to reproduce. |
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Nonius
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| is there anything about buying fish in the book? |
Chiral is Tyler Durden |
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EGH
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No fish in that book, except possibly a Gold Fish in a Flask! |
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gax
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| tabris: Good to know about The Expanse, I'm really enjoying the TV series and was thinking of picking up the book. |
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chiral3
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| Paris In the Present Tense. |
Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй! |
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chiral3
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| After Paris... I've started The Genius Plague and Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice. Both seem promising. |
Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй! |
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Rashomon
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- Fun Home by Allison Bechdel
- Strange Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
- The Peregrine by J. A. Baker (from Herzog's rogue film school reading list)
- Kafka by Robert Crumb and David Zaine Mairowitz
- The Scientific Revolution by Steven Shapin
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chiral3
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| I am being redundant, but Paris... was so good, and it reminded me so much of Richard Powers, that I want to re-read Orfeo. Also amazing in a similar way. |
Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй! |
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| Very good article, waffle game full of information that I was looking for. I hope there will be more articles like this on the website |
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