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Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation 73 reviews
Joao Magueijo
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004
The Story of a "fantastic" Scientific Speculation.
+ pot pourri
+ Revolutionary!
This is a very fascinating story and the best book I have ever read. I am still not old enough to have studied all the subject presented in the book in the language of Mathematics, but the presentation was fantastic and I understood every bit of the book and I can now talk for hours about Cosmology ...
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The Evolution Of Desire - Revised Edition 4 45 reviews
David M. Buss
Basic Books, 2003
How the evolution of mating affects your dating
+ Understand your desire!!!
Why do women use makeup? Why do men like to buy big cars? Why do people feel jealous? Evolutionary psychologist David M. Buss digs deep into the ancient past of human relationships to answer such questions, and produces intriguing results, disconcerting insights and valuable explanations. Using ...
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THE MADNESS OF ADAM AND EVE : HOW SCHIZOPHRENIA SHAPED HUMANITY8 reviews
David Horrobin
Not Specified, 2002
For ever changes the way you look at the mentally ill
+ Informative and stimulating reading
+ Highly Recommended
+ Don't forget Autism
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The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist46 reviews
Richard P. Feynman
Basic Books, 2005
Its title says it all and it is indeed one of the greates books I have ever read
+ If you know that you are not sure . . .
+ Enlighted thoughts of an intelligent man
Mr. Feynman wrote in this book how the basic things in life, such as its meaning if any are.
His writting style is even simpler than Einstein's while his ideas are just as profound.
The book is very thin and it is an easy read, so you learn a lot by reading very few pages and this is really ...
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory 505 reviews
Brian Greene
W. W. Norton & Company, 2003
Excellent resource for the layman....
+ The Elegant Universe
+ The Final Universe
+ Quantum Foam and Hidden Dimensions
+ Don't know if its the subject matter or Greene...
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A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (P.S.)187 reviews
Samantha Power
Harper Perennial, 2007
Thorough Study of Genocide History
+ An important book to read
+ What About America's own Age of its Genocide?
Samantha Power has produced a history of genocide through the 20th century. She presents an impressive accounts of genocide against Armenians in Turkey, Jews in Holocaust, Tutsi in Rwanda, Kurds in Iraq, and Bosnian Muslims in the Balkan war; the stories are extremely well-written, and the images ...
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Skinny Legs and All109 reviews
Tom Robbins
Bantam, 1995
Destroy Your Dogma
+ Tom Robbin's at his best
+ for pilgrims and frustrated artists; also: foot-fetishists
+ I think I'm in love.
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Running with Scissors: A Memoir818 reviews
Augusten Burroughs
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2006
A humorous romp through an unusual childhood
+ Liked the Movie Better
+ What I learned from Running with Scissors
+ A quirky memoir to be read and re-read
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Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century18 reviews
Jonathan Glover
Yale University Press, 2001
An immoral history
+ Humanism in the 20th century
Glover's book travels some well-worn ground but in a way that cleans the moral mirror and forces the reader to take a long, hard look at the dangerous steps, often baby steps, that have preceded horrific events. I appreciated the way Glover's writing reached across the lines of various disciplines, ...
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Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy24 reviews
Eric G. Wilson
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Existential Ruminations, Or, The Ironic Life
+ Happiness is a bust!
It is really unfortunate that the Washington Post review is so prominent on the Amazon page. To be fair, it is a well-written review: it is precise and supported with the sort of concrete examples that demonstrate a close reading. On the other hand, it is so vituperative that one wonders why the ...
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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind141 reviews
Julian Jaynes
Mariner Books, 2000
Fascinating and controversial speculation
+ A new take on hallucination
+ Mind-blowing
+ Incredible insight into consciousness
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The Evolution Of Desire - Revised Edition 445 reviews
David M. Buss
Basic Books, 2003
How the evolution of mating affects your dating
+ Understand your desire!!!
Why do women use makeup? Why do men like to buy big cars? Why do people feel jealous? Evolutionary psychologist David M. Buss digs deep into the ancient past of human relationships to answer such questions, and produces intriguing results, disconcerting insights and valuable explanations. Using ...
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Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation73 reviews
Joao Magueijo
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004
The Story of a "fantastic" Scientific Speculation.
+ pot pourri
+ Revolutionary!
This is a very fascinating story and the best book I have ever read. I am still not old enough to have studied all the subject presented in the book in the language of Mathematics, but the presentation was fantastic and I understood every bit of the book and I can now talk for hours about Cosmology ...
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Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century18 reviews
Jonathan Glover
Yale University Press, 2001
An immoral history
+ Humanism in the 20th century
Glover's book travels some well-worn ground but in a way that cleans the moral mirror and forces the reader to take a long, hard look at the dangerous steps, often baby steps, that have preceded horrific events. I appreciated the way Glover's writing reached across the lines of various disciplines, ...
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory505 reviews
Brian Greene
W. W. Norton & Company, 2003
Excellent resource for the layman....
+ The Elegant Universe
+ The Final Universe
+ Quantum Foam and Hidden Dimensions
+ Don't know if its the subject matter or Greene...
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Skinny Legs and All109 reviews
Tom Robbins
Bantam, 1995
Destroy Your Dogma
+ Tom Robbin's at his best
+ for pilgrims and frustrated artists; also: foot-fetishists
+ I think I'm in love.
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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind141 reviews
Julian Jaynes
Mariner Books, 2000
Fascinating and controversial speculation
+ A new take on hallucination
+ Mind-blowing
+ Incredible insight into consciousness
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Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy24 reviews
Eric G. Wilson
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Existential Ruminations, Or, The Ironic Life
+ Happiness is a bust!
It is really unfortunate that the Washington Post review is so prominent on the Amazon page. To be fair, it is a well-written review: it is precise and supported with the sort of concrete examples that demonstrate a close reading. On the other hand, it is so vituperative that one wonders why the ...
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The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist46 reviews
Richard P. Feynman
Basic Books, 2005
Its title says it all and it is indeed one of the greates books I have ever read
+ If you know that you are not sure . . .
+ Enlighted thoughts of an intelligent man
Mr. Feynman wrote in this book how the basic things in life, such as its meaning if any are.
His writting style is even simpler than Einstein's while his ideas are just as profound.
The book is very thin and it is an easy read, so you learn a lot by reading very few pages and this is really ...
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THE MADNESS OF ADAM AND EVE : HOW SCHIZOPHRENIA SHAPED HUMANITY8 reviews
David Horrobin
Not Specified, 2002
For ever changes the way you look at the mentally ill
+ Informative and stimulating reading
+ Highly Recommended
+ Don't forget Autism
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