shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - 23 hours ago | science, psychology, books
Definitely looking forward to checking out the latest Malcolm Gladwell book...
Quoted: Outliers is a more sober look at success for a post-boom audience. But it rejects the Poor Richard self-help tradition. Gladwell is skeptical about innate genius and lonely struggle. He shows that we are the products of our social origins, the centuries-old values of our geographic roots, and even of the exact year and even month of our birth.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 30 2007 | science, books, Psychology
Heard a great talk on this book - and it got great reviews too. Looking forward to checking it out!
Quoted: What is happiness—is it an unpredictable emotion like joy? A rational construct like personal fulfillment? Or is it some subtle, elusive combination of both? In this enjoyable, thought-provoking book, Nettle digs into the subject with great insight and just a bit of cheeky irreverence. I
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 17 2007 | science, books, evolution
Fascinating... this guy has a lot of money behind him. Aside from this thing being expensive to print, he sent a copy to practically every major university science department.
Quoted: An Islamic creationist is mailing a lavishly illustrated, 800-page attack on evolutionary theory to scientists around the world. In bowing to Scripture, Mr. Yahya resembles some fundamentalist creationists in the United States.
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