#books & reading
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Questions Looking for Answers
Dyson captures a paradox here that extends far beyond computing.
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Sweet Nothing : The Gospel According to Frank Bascombe
Richard Ford wraps up the Bascombe saga and leaves the reader with a sense of miracle.
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You Know You’re Old When…
It’s not just that I’m pushing fifty, it’s that I’ve started bragging about my kids and their achievements.
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Politically Depressed
Ehrenfest had a remarkable knack for translating and interpreting the work of giants like Heisenberg, Bohr, and Dirac.
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A Quantum of Feynman in Neal Stephenson’s Polostan
Polostan, like anything from Stephenson’s pen, is an exquisite read.
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Un Verdor Terrible
The trouble with some books is that they’re so good it’s embarrassing to express one’s own views of them.