A Bookish Blog
About: Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything by Michio Kaku is an accessible, and probably too optimistic look, at how quantum computing could solve many humanities problems. Mr. Kaku is an educator, futurist, and theoretical physicist. My rating […]
About: When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life by Steven Pinker examines the concept of common knowledge. Mr. Pinker is a Canadian thinker, scientist, psychologist and author. My rating for When Everyone Knows […]
I am a firm believer in what Revenge of the Tipping Point is attempting to show, how little things can make a huge difference, purposefully or not
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age is actually two books in one. Many parts of this book are worth rereading and internalizing
I did enjoy the book though, I didn’t learn as much. Tech culture is fascinating from the inside and even more fascinating reading an outsider’s view of it
Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins is intelligent and practical, engaging the reader in an articulated and fascinating narrative.
The untold weirdness of history’s greatest geniuses. Laugh & learn with 30 mini-bios that humanize these larger-than-life figures. Perfect for teens and adults
Ms. Roach focuses on what it’s like to be in space – hungry, tired, smelly, sleep deprived, sex deprived, and asks questions like how do astronauts poop?
The author warns about authoritarian uses of technology, but also states that the utopia many leftists envision is only superficial.
I enjoyed reading about Col Eileen M. Collins’ (RET – USAF) journey to become an astronaut. It took time, planning, patience, and resilience
