A brilliant look at the substance behind semantics (Review of JSB Morse's book, Every Agrees) |
Remember that snafu you had with your significant other about whose car to drive to the party? And that quarrel you got into with your friend about whether the scribbles on the wall constituted art? A...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:50:00 GMT |
What happens when a perfectionist meets his ideal? (A Review of Monaco by Eric Robert Morse) |
On the surface, 'Monaco' is a story about an American industrialist who undertakes to build a race car and compete in the Grand Prix. The real story is about idealism and its struggle to survive in mo...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:27:00 GMT |
Title Should Be ’Predictably Irresponsible’: Review of ’Predictably Irrational’ by Dan Ariely |
This book is a thorough survey of various experiments that the author conducted in hopes of finding out more about why people do the seemingly irrational things they do. It is a theme on the very intr...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:05:00 GMT |
Pinker’s Command on the English Language Almost too Commanding |
(Review of Steven Pinker's "The Stuff of Thought")Pinker's book, `The Stuff of Thought', is a thorough survey of linguistics and word use that is often very funny and insightful. The countless example...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:22:00 GMT |
