Category Archives: Science Books
Review: Douglas Hofstadter, Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
My review of Doug Hofstadters new book, Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking ran in today’s Shelf Awareness. It is also copied below in its entirety. Hofstadter’s first book, Godel, Escher, Bach, was essential reading … Continue reading
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Book Review: Letters to a Young Scientist by Edward O. Wilson
Shelf Awareness for Readers is doing a dedicated poetry issue in which another review of mine will be published – a wonderful debut (and prize-winning) collection by Brynn Saito called The Palace of Contemplating Departure. As a result, there will be … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Shelf Awareness, Science Books
Tagged Book reviews, E. O. Wilson, Edward O. Wilson, Letters to a Young Poet, Letters to a Young Scientist, Palace of Contemplating Departure, Rainer Maria Rilke, Science Books, Shelf Awareness, W. W. Norton & Company
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