The previous post advertising the Perimeter Institute’s Master’s program reminded me of this book, which continues my series “a life in books”.
The Physics of Star Trek
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The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss
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Horizons: Exploring the Universe, by Michael A. Seeds
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Two popular books on fuzzy logic
[Permalink]These are two popular books on fuzzy logic: Bart Kosko’s Fuzzy Thinking: The New Science of Fuzzy Logic
Fuzzy logic was pioneered by Dr. Lotfi Zadeh, whom I met when he gave a lecture at the University of Toronto… » [Expand post] [Permalink]
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365 Ways to Kiss Your Love by Tomima Edmark
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It was a very thoughtful and romantic gift… » [Expand post] [Permalink]
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Funk & Wagnalls Canadian College Dictionary
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Object Oriented Turing
[Permalink]I suppose that this post is a continuation of the one on old software and books.
The Turing programming language (named after Alan Turing) was developed at the University of Toronto as an introductory language for teaching computer programming at the high school level. It was (and apparently still is) widely used in Ontario… » [Expand post] [Permalink]
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Web of Hate and Dragons of Crime
[Permalink]Continuing on the Nazi theme established by the two previous posts, today we have Warren Kinsella’s Web of Hate
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Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, by Art Spiegelman
[Permalink]Merging the Nazi theme from yesterday with the comic book theme from the previous post, today we have Art Spiegelman’s Maus: A Survivor’s Tale
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
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162 Flags of the World
[Permalink]I’ve actually been writing these posts a few days ahead of time, but limiting my posting to once a day to space them out. It’s a coincidence that this particular post appears on 9/11, but given the world-changing nature of the event, it’s interesting to look at the flags of the world from 1977 and compare them to the flags of today — and also to think about what the flags of the world might look like in 2041, another thirty-two years from now.
Since the post mentions Iraq and Iran, and today is September 11, I want to point out that no connection has ever been found between the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Iraq, despite the apparent belief of many people to the contrary. I also want to point out that Iran and Iraq are in fact two entirely separate and distinct countries, with different histories, languages, cultures, and religious and ethnic compositions — again, contrary to the apparent belief of many people.
This isn’t a book, but a sheet of stickers with flags of the world’s nations, circa 1977, which I’ve had since I was a child. I recently threw it out along with some outdated books… » [Expand post] [Permalink]