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Subject Tag: medicine
A Few Science Book Reviews (The Great Equations by Crease and Two by Gawande)
Written by Rebecca Reid on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Filed under: Nonfiction, ReviewsFor those that read this blog regularly, it is probably no surprise that I prefer art, literature, history, and social sciences to mathematics and science.
Before this month began, I hadn’t read any books in the Dewey Decimal 500s category or the 600s category (for the Dewey Decimal Reading Challenge) in all of 2009. I also [...]
The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstin
Written by Rebecca Reid on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Filed under: Nonfiction, ReviewsSometimes I read nonfiction to get a general idea about something I don’t know anything about or a person who intrigues me. Other times I read nonfiction to learn something specific in depth; such books may be hard to read cover to cover, but they still merit a careful reading.
The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstin was [...]
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rebeccarreid on Twitter
- @jmchshannon I think it's good that those with negative feelings are vocal. It helps me know that it might really be a turn off to people!
- @jennyfosdick happy st. Patrick's Day to you! I'm in green...but son is not!
- @RobAroundBooks i do think it's helpful. i just need to learn code!!
- @RobAroundBooks Oo a little closed to solved!! it gives me the "reply" option but then can't find a way to post the comment...
- @jmchshannon yeay, still don't think I'm going to go for intense debate. Seems there is some negative feeling about it!