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Etiquetasunread (8), astronomy (7), avant-garde poetry (5), insane (5), UNIX (5), poetry (5), telescope making (3), music (3), classics (3), galaxies (3) — ver todas las etiquetas
Nubesnube de etiquetas, nube de autores, etiquetado inverso
Acerca de míI am an amateur astronomer, computer nerd, telescope maker, primitive guitarist, cat Dad and poet. In an alternate universe which no longer exists I was an actor.
Acerca de mi bibliotecaTwo things:
1) I often use the term "insane" as praise. This can be misleading, unless you are Crazy Eddie. I am not Crazy Eddie. It is not likely you are Crazy Eddie. Thus the explanation.
2) Many of the books listed are rated 5 stars not because I am so easy to please but because I tend to sell and/or give away anything that I don't really really like.
Grupos50-Something Library Thingers, 75 Books Challenge for 2011, 75 Books Challenge for 2012, 75 Books Challenge for 2013, All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans, Amazon's Kindle, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Author Theme Reads, Computer Scientists, Geeks who love the Classics —mostrar todos los grupos, Happy Heathens, Learning Ancient Greek, Literary Snobs, Mad on Zola, Mathematics, Pedants' corner, Philosophy and Theory, Physics!, Progressive & Liberal!, Purely Programmers, ReJoyce, ROOT - 2013 Read Our Own Tomes, Science Fiction Fans, Science!, The Diogenes Club, The Weird Tradition, Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night, Xperi-mental
Autores favoritosElif Batuman, Samuel Beckett, William Dunham, William Davies King, Georges Perec, William Poundstone, Terry Pratchett, Earl Shorris, Émile Zola (Favoritos compartidos)
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Nombre verdaderoGlenn Becker
UbicaciónArlington, MA USA
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Tipo de cuentapública, vitalicia
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http://www.librarything.com/profile/chexmix (perfil)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/chexmix (biblioteca)
Miembro desdeOct 9, 2006
Actualmente leyendoUnderstanding Physics, 3 Volumes in One: Motion, Sound & Heat; Light, Magnetism & Electricity; The Electron, Proton & Neutron (v. 1-3) por Isaac Asimov
Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First Lensman, Galactic Patrol ) por E. E. "Doc" Smith
Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction por Linda S. Sparke
Confucius Analects (Hackett Classics Series) por Confucius
The Kill (Oxford World's Classics) por Émile Zola
A History of Mathematical Notations (Dover Books on Mathematics) por Florian Cajori
The Complete Walker IV por Colin Fletcher
Beyond Good & Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future por Friedrich Nietzsche
Q IS FOR QUANTUM: An Encyclopedia of Particle Physics por John Gribbin
Intelligent Life in the Universe por I. S. Shklovskii and Carl Sagan
Minor Episodes / Major Ruckus (The Chaos! Quincunx) por Garry Thomas Morse
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enviado por PersephonesLibrary a las 10:24 am (EST) del Mar 24, 2013
enviado por TheoClarke a las 4:10 pm (EST) del Dec 25, 2012
enviado por chexmix a las 8:40 am (EST) del Dec 12, 2012
enviado por barbharris1 a las 5:41 am (EST) del Aug 22, 2012
enviado por MeditationesMartini a las 12:19 pm (EST) del Aug 16, 2012
Hi,
Thanks for adding me to your interesting library list. I noticed your selection of book reviews, which has sparked my interest to read some of the selection. As an amateur astronomer myself, I began reading Lee Smolin's The Life of the Cosmos recently. He has an easy style and a sober self-reflection that I think you'd appreciate.
enviado por donbuch1 a las 5:47 pm (EST) del Jun 26, 2012
I hope you enjoy the books! I only chose a duo, actually, but maybe an elf rounded out the selection (I had been several dollars under the total). I was hoping the Stewart and Weyl books would complement each other by presenting more historical context and more mathematical detail, respectively, about a very beautiful subject. One problem withe the Stewart book is that many of the biographies will probably be familiar if you've read Men of Mathematics (I see it's in your library), but I liked it anyway. Happy New Year!
-John
enviado por scottja a las 10:54 pm (EST) del Dec 27, 2011