Didn‘t make it beyond the first part. I respect Feynman‘s work and achievements, but reading this book felt like having to listen to stories told by a mixture of Grampa Simpson and Sheldon Cooper.
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Jan E. finished reading The Science of Discworld II: The Globe by Ian Stewart (Science of Discworld, #2)
The planet Earth has picked up a parasitic life form - Elves. They are after …
Took me a while to finish, as I had paused reading it over summer. I found the ideas and concepts interesting to ponder, but sometimes they were rather hard to grasp and follow.
Jan E. finished reading Terry Pratchett : a Life with Footnotes by Rob Wilkins
'People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.' …
Ein Buch, das den Menschen hinter den Werken zeigt, mit all seinen Eigenarten & Spleens, seiner Welt und seinen Inspirationen, auch seiner Wut, die Neil Gaiman als Triebfeder für sein Werk erkannt hat. Ich habe das Gefühl, Terry Pratchett nochmal neu kennengelernt zu haben. Danke Rob Wilkins, GNU Terry Pratchett.
Jan E. finished reading The Specialist by Chic Sale
This book is really a vaudeville monologue, the book version was initially only done for copyright reasons. Pterry recommended it in „A Slip of the Keyboard“, and I enjoyed it a lot.
Jan E. finished reading Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
Reaper Man is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. Published in 1991, it …
Feels like the Cambrian Explosion: so many characters and concepts of PTerry’s later books are mentioned here already, sometimes in passing only. Great read with that hindsight!
Jan E. finished reading Mort by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #4)
Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job. …
The first book of the DEATH series — it’s a joy to read those early Discworld novels again 😃
Jan E. finished reading Science of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Contains a story by Terry Pratchett, around which Stewart and Cohen write about the Discworld.
A real tour de force through Earth‘s history, from spinning clouds of gas and debris to space elevators. Looking forward to the next parts of the „Science of Discworld“ series.
Jan E. finished reading Im Spiegel der Sprache by Guy Deutscher
Ich spreche Spanisch zu Gott, Italienisch zu den Frauen, Französisch zu den Männern und Deutsch …
Wunderbare Vertiefung zu einer ersten Folgen des Lingthusiasm-Podcasts, die ich schon spannend fand. Eine ausführliche Tour durch die Forschungsgeschichte zur Frage, welche Auswirkungen unsere Muttersprache auf unser Welt-Erleben hat. Empfehlung für alle, die sich gerne mit der Schnittstelle zwischen Linguistik, Anthropologie, Soziologie etc. beschäftigen.
Jan E. finished reading Sprachen by Gaston Dorren
Warum wir sprechen, was wir sprechen
Wieso sind die Holländer wahre Könige des Genderbendings? Warum …
Ein kurzweiliges Buch, das mehr als 60 europäische Sprachen mit ihren linguistischen Eigenheiten oder interessanten geschichtlichen Hintergründen in kurzen Kapiteln vorstellt. Ideal zum häppchenweisen Verzehr geeignet 😊
Jan E. finished reading Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #23)
Carpe Jugulum (; Latatian for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy …
The last Witches book - I'm going to miss them. Small Gods seems like a good fit for the next book.