I know that the PCM is the book I’d want beamed into space to justify the continued existence of our species.
bought.
Tag: books
True Names
a story of solipsism and emulations
16th century portfolio
Before black vinyl folders, and way before the website, the Mediaeval ancestors of today’s graphic designers produced ‘model’ or ‘pattern’ books to show their work to potential clients. Only a handful survive but the British Library has recently discovered a prime example – the so-called Macclesfield Alphabet Book
Produced c1500, the book is filled with designs for different styles of script, letters, initials and decorative borders.
Passages
1.2b years from now, in a galaxy 20m light-years from the Milky Way
This story combines every worst-case assumption from the Rare Earth theory with a nearly total absence of new high-tech modalities. Even if we are alone in the Universe, trapped by the speed of light, and beset by catastrophe, there will be stories to tell.
Life Plausibility
the deep molecular biology of the cell actually fosters biological novelties when plants and animals need them most, not merely when random chance generates them.
When Giants Fall
with america bankrupt, who will be the next hegemon? china does not seem to be ready.
In When Giants Fall, Panzner makes his case for the turbulent economic changes that will be occurring over the next few years and examines the resulting economic opportunities.
The economic changes will be widespread. Businesses will struggle amid wars, shortages, logistical disruptions, and a breakdown of the established monetary order. Individuals will be forced to rethink livelihoods, lifestyles, living arrangements, and locales. Political structures will be in flux, as local leaders gain influence at the expense of national authorities. For many people, it will be nothing short of a modern Dark Ages, where each day brings fresh anxieties, unfamiliar risks, and a sense of foreboding.
Book Privacy
he links to a site that has pointers to pirated copies of all of his books. it’s because it helps sell more books. People like to read a little of the pirated versions, but then they buy the book.
Mongol Conquests
So vast was the extent of the Mongol Empire that the samurai of Japan and the Teutonic Knights of Prussia had each fought the same enemy while being unaware of each other’s existence.
Book Search Settlement
out of print books will now be available online, for a fee.
Innumeracy
consequences include: safety fetish, inability to comprehend sound policies, gambling, astrology, subprime, ..
Gregor J. Rothfuss 