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I try to read some every day. Generally that means reading for 45 minutes on the subway in the morning when conditions allow. A Lot of my reading is technical in nature. Mostly this is because I need to keep up with a changing world. Sometimes I read those books for pleasure too. When I am reading recreationally I generally choose SciFi. But I am noticing that I have been reading a lot of history lately.
The prices listed in the reports are the MSRP listed on the cover of the copy of the book that I have. Since some books hang out here for years before I finish -- or sometimes even start -- reading them the current price may be different.
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Listed here are my latest posts. Older posts are still accessible in the archives. Wednesday, December 21, 2005  Gene Roddenberry't Andromeda™: Waystation Steven E. McDonald ©2004 ISBN 0-765-30485-6 (hardcover) $24.95 Library book
This report by Charlie at 12/21/2005 11:45:00 PM Friday, December 16, 2005  Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe George Johnson ©2005 ISBN 0-393-05128-5 (hardcover) $22.95 library book an easy read an easy summary, without math, of the physics that was going on at the time about the brightness of stars, the size of the solar system, and just what it includes This report by Charlie at 12/16/2005 06:28:00 PM Thursday, November 24, 2005  Against the Fall of Night Arthur C. Clarke ©1968, 2005 ISBN 1-59687-122-9 (paperback/hardcover) $9.95 The hype on the back of the book calls this "the fiveting science fiction adventure." I guess I am not made of steel because I didn't find anything riveting about it. It is not my favorite Clarke work. It also says it "Includes the bonus short story 'Jupiter V.'" which it doesn't. This report by Charlie at 11/24/2005 04:53:00 PM Friday, November 18, 2005  The Planets Dana Sobel ©2005 ISBN 0-670-03446-0 (hardcover) $24.95 Library Book Author of Longitude, which I prefiously reviewed, and Galileo's Daughter Every chapter is a different style of writing an easy read This report by Charlie at 11/18/2005 08:49:00 PM Wednesday, November 09, 2005  Descartes' Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe Amir D. Aczel ©2005 ISBN 0-7679-2033-3 (hardcover) $24.95 library book When I first started out the sriting style seemed very choppy. I don't know if it settled down or if I just got used to it but it didn't bother me as much by the end of the book. traces Descartes' life from late childhood until his death and covers some of his contributions to mathematics and philosophy. some aspects of Descartes' work are glossed over but yet there are detailed descriptions of some of his mathematics. A very uneven book I think. This report by Charlie at 11/09/2005 08:46:00 PM |
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