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• Book Review: A Mind at Play

  The richness of Shannon’s biography creates an engaging review of the science. Like the content of Tuxedo Park by Jennet Conant, the science was so ground breaking… it was many years before declassification would make his work available to the public.  “How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age” I wish this book was available when I was […]

• Book Review: The Library, A Catalogue of Wonders

    At a time in history when many readers are choosing digital books…myself included for ease of travel, plus I love the highlighting ability…reading The Library, A Catalogue of Wonders is time well spent. The research is extraordinary.  The text is thought provoking.  The outstanding anecdotes just keep coming and coming.   Stuart Kells comprehensively covers […]

• Book Review (plus) The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie

    Love this!  “One sewing machine, two families, three secrets, four generations and millions of stitches”. This book was funded by readers through a new website:  Unbound.com…a modern version of Samuel Johnson’s idea funding publishing of his dictionary in 1755 in today’s jargon…crowd sourcing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language Elfcroft loves sewing and posts about charity projects about a dozen […]

• Book Review: 17 Equations that Changed the World

  17 Equations that Changed the World by Ian Stewart 2012 http://www.businessinsider.com/17-equations-that-changed-the-world-2014-3 My previous book review of Cosmic Numbers, The Numbers that Define Our Universe by James D Stein 2011… declared it “fantastic.” I did not reread it immediately, because my young friend (recent Mechanical Engineering graduate) had also loaned me 17 Equations that Changed the […]

• Book Review: Cosmic Numbers by JD Stein

  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12467274-cosmic-numbers https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B005FFPMY4&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_z40gAb1RRJ250 Previous book reviews included a book with an author having my maiden name as well as a book with a photograph of my niece on the cover.  This recommendation is a challenge.  Stein explains the universe with numbers and why. A new friend who is also a recent Mechanical Engineering graduate and world […]