This is a collection of the author's blog posts. There's a lot to like about this book if it's your first time encountering the subjects. The range is wide, and the topics are interesting.
That being said, if you're interested in maths and computer science you've probably encountered most of the subjects before. The treatment of each of them is somewhat superficial. On the flip side, each of the chapters can act as a launchpad for your own in-depth research on the topic. Just don't expect the autor to always point you in the right direction. Or any direction for that matter, the references are quite sparse.
The copy editing is very poor, and there are plenty of typos and other mistakes that make it distracting to follow the text at times.
I found the first part of the book more enjoyable. The author clearly has a soft spot for …
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Alex M rated The Screwtape Letters: 4 stars
Alex M rated Revenge of the Librarians: 4 stars
Alex M rated To Be or Not To Be: 3 stars
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Laura Ellen Andersen, Terry Pratchett: Nation (2009)
Nation by Laura Ellen Andersen, Terry Pratchett
The sea has taken everything. Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. …
Alex M rated Bad science: 3 stars
Alex M reviewed Good Math by Mark C. Chu-Carroll
Review of 'Good Math' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This is a collection of the author's blog posts. There's a lot to like about this book if it's your first time encountering the subjects. The range is wide, and the topics are interesting.
That being said, if you're interested in maths and computer science you've probably encountered most of the subjects before. The treatment of each of them is somewhat superficial. On the flip side, each of the chapters can act as a launchpad for your own in-depth research on the topic. Just don't expect the autor to always point you in the right direction. Or any direction for that matter, the references are quite sparse.
The copy editing is very poor, and there are plenty of typos and other mistakes that make it distracting to follow the text at times.
I found the first part of the book more enjoyable. The author clearly has a soft spot for lambda calculus and functional programming. That's OK, but take the statements about those subjects with a grain of salt.
All in all an OK read, but there are richer resources out there on most of the topics covered by this book.
Alex M rated The Carpet People: 3 stars
Alex M rated Gödel's proof: 5 stars
Alex M rated Forgotten Bible: 4 stars
Alex M rated The Long Earth: 3 stars
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The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter (The Long Earth, #1)
1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong …
Alex M rated A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction: 4 stars
Alex M rated Help Me I'm A Hypochondriac!: 3 stars
Alex M rated It can't happen here: 3 stars
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It can't happen here by Sinclair Lewis
It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's …