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Books Reading Today
Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:11 AM
No reading today. You should take a book somewhere and read it. May I suggest that you don't read any of these books?
The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here.
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For those of us doing school reading the books in the video look strangely similar to current readings...
I'm reading "Fabricating Genetically Engineered High-Power Lithium Ion Batteries Using Multiple Virus Genes" today. Oh how I long for fiction.
I'm reading "Fabricating Genetically Engineered High-Power Lithium Ion Batteries Using Multiple Virus Genes" today. Oh how I long for fiction.
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Having read some of these books I can say that they are
actually much better than some of the awful (and rather mediocre) fiction recommended by The Stranger.
The ONLY reason not to read some of the books in this attept at humour is that many of them are published by Kluwer Academic Press and come with horrendous typography and they are sold at ridiculous prices.
Somehow in the arena of C.P. Snow's Two Cultures, the people in the humanities forget that basic scientific literacy is as important as basic humanistic literacy.
actually much better than some of the awful (and rather mediocre) fiction recommended by The Stranger.
The ONLY reason not to read some of the books in this attept at humour is that many of them are published by Kluwer Academic Press and come with horrendous typography and they are sold at ridiculous prices.
Somehow in the arena of C.P. Snow's Two Cultures, the people in the humanities forget that basic scientific literacy is as important as basic humanistic literacy.
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I suspect that many of these books probably have the insight and genuine intellectualism that the Stranger's writers believe they have. I like the reader's voice... I wish he could read me bedtime stories.
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I'm with Dylan. This sort of anti-intellectualism is beneath you.
To take just one example, calculus, including the theory of differential equations, is a towering achievement of the human intellect. I have no idea whether the differential equations book shown in this video is any good, but to adopt a sneering disdain for the entire subject is Palinesque.
To take just one example, calculus, including the theory of differential equations, is a towering achievement of the human intellect. I have no idea whether the differential equations book shown in this video is any good, but to adopt a sneering disdain for the entire subject is Palinesque.
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Agreed, the typography looks dreadful on some of those. I'm so glad my field is 99% LaTeX these days! Computer Modern for life!
Okay, time to get back to reading "Semantic Texton Forests for Image Categorization and Segmentation".
Okay, time to get back to reading "Semantic Texton Forests for Image Categorization and Segmentation".
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Sh!t, Washington! I just watched "Titanic" last night, and never once thought of Rickman--but it sure sounds like him, now that I listen closely. (Or else the dying HAL from "2001", LOL!)
At least a third of those titles would get a second look by me if I saw them at my local university library, even WITH the unfortunate graphics! Best wishes to all.
At least a third of those titles would get a second look by me if I saw them at my local university library, even WITH the unfortunate graphics! Best wishes to all.
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Oh come on, you guys, learn how to take a joke! This was extremely funny in a very stoned kind of way.
And I bet even Paul would admit, if pressed, that he was intrigued by "Boring Postcards".
And I bet even Paul would admit, if pressed, that he was intrigued by "Boring Postcards".
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Math is haaaaaard!
Were those titles picked because most of them would disabuse The Stranger of their sad confusion about polling, and confirmation bias?
Were those titles picked because most of them would disabuse The Stranger of their sad confusion about polling, and confirmation bias?
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I'm kind of hoping that this video was made by someone who worked for the publisher Kluwer. It may be an accurate representation of a day at the office.
And, yes, this is my new bedtime video.
And, yes, this is my new bedtime video.
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Actually, I thought a number of the titles looked rather interesting. Whether they're well presented, I couldn't say, but I wouldn't rule it out based on the typography. They clearly aren't fiction, which is the usual subject of Mr. Constant's book column. I am sorry to see science bashing is not exclusively a right-wing phenomenon.
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Paul, it's because people read and understood that book Database Issues in Geographic Information Systems that you can get directions in Google Maps. Such a display of ignorance and contempt for the sciences by someone so knowledgeable about humanities is shameful; you should not debase yourself by participating in it.
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