tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post1824230484932767206..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: The Future of the BookSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-28690262199459499352008-02-14T06:24:00.000-05:002008-02-14T06:24:00.000-05:00Hi Bee,I have always thought -I'm such a snob- tha...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>I have always thought -I'm such a snob- that for a book, being read by me is a privilege, not to be granted to anything! My CPU is a rather scarce resource (and it's decreasing as we speak), so some management overview is necessary. <BR/><BR/>So I perfectly concur that a threshold has to be set - and the threshold may well be the interest that the few first lines of a preface Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5977994385532208952007-10-06T03:29:00.000-04:002007-10-06T03:29:00.000-04:00Hi there -I am currently on page 210 of the book. ...Hi there -<BR/>I am currently on page 210 of the book. I find it hard to read, but the fact that he wrote the book in the manner he did, was of interest as I wanted to get a fresh insight into some form of economics.<BR/><BR/>What can I say? I was bored, so I went to Borders one day and found it. If you can migrate through the numerous analogies and whatnot, you might end up liking the book, Nathaniel Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03198728824320509214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-87199834540170649482007-09-18T16:45:00.000-04:002007-09-18T16:45:00.000-04:00Klaus, I suspect that Bryson has picked up that id...Klaus, I suspect that Bryson has picked up that idea from this older classic: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Decline-Fall-Practically-Everybody-Hilariously/dp/088029809X/" REL="nofollow">The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody</A> by Will Cuppy. <BR/><BR/>Highly recommended! :-)amaragrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769062084934190681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32424014261883334922007-09-18T12:18:00.000-04:002007-09-18T12:18:00.000-04:00Hi Quasar:hard not to use what has been said befor...Hi Quasar:<BR/><BR/><I>hard not to use what has been said before, or to quote famous people who have said it ...</I><BR/><BR/>Well, if we start writing books without even bothering what has been said before, we will sooner or later do nothing else than just repeating the same circles again and again. If we don't take care to pass on relevant information, the system will lose its memory. As I've Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-1062901080277485132007-09-17T16:05:00.000-04:002007-09-17T16:05:00.000-04:00Hi Bee, This is Watt?Hi Bee, <A HREF="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=481996&in_page_id=1965" REL="nofollow">This is Watt?</A>QUASAR9https://www.blogger.com/profile/00593390598251093182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-27398660649677810332007-09-17T12:51:00.000-04:002007-09-17T12:51:00.000-04:00The guy should have just written a blog. ;-) (ma...The guy should have just written a blog. ;-) (making a jab at myself more than anyone else)Rae Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239791074376508016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32363211975719916492007-09-16T18:07:00.000-04:002007-09-16T18:07:00.000-04:00Hi all,I recomend:Bill Bryson: "A Short History o...Hi all,<BR/><BR/>I recomend:<BR/>Bill Bryson: "A Short History of Nearly Everything".<BR/><BR/>For the pro and the amateur alike.<BR/><BR/>Best<BR/><BR/>KlausAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-69648420351304446092007-09-16T18:05:00.000-04:002007-09-16T18:05:00.000-04:00Dear Bee,that's really a quite unique method to wr...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/>that's really a quite unique method to write a non-fiction book ;-). <BR/><BR/>I have read the prefaces of many books, and never come across something similar... For some reason, I always start with the preface, and often, that's all what I read in a book, but in most cases because I get distracted, not because the preface dissuades me from continuing. <BR/><BR/>In this case, stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-56702277515745302742007-09-16T15:11:00.000-04:002007-09-16T15:11:00.000-04:00lol Bee,hard not to use what has been said before,...lol Bee,<BR/>hard not to use what has been said before, or to quote famous people who have said it ...<BR/>would we have to give up writing<BR/>would we have to give up maths if we could not use the numbers 1 to 9 and zero (cero or nought 0).<BR/><A HREF="http://www.crystalinks.com/ancientaircraft.html" REL="nofollow">Ancient science fiction?</A>QUASAR9https://www.blogger.com/profile/00593390598251093182noreply@blogger.com