All Consuming : alvy

Consuming "Descartes's Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:04:39 GMT

Descartes's Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe

by Amir D. Aczel

Consuming "Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:02:16 GMT

Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)

by Kenneth C. Davis

Consumed "The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, Why the Poor Are Poor--And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:33:43 GMT

The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, Why the Poor Are Poor--And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!

by Tim Harford

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Consuming "Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:01:28 GMT

Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss

by Kenneth Silverman

Consumed "Chances Are . . .: Adventures in Probability"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:27:04 GMT

Chances Are . . .: Adventures in Probability

by Michael Kaplan

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Consuming "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:54:35 GMT

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

by Thomas L. Friedman

Consuming "The Decipherment of Linear B (Canto)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:54:58 GMT

The Decipherment of Linear B (Canto)

by John Chadwick

Consuming "Descartes's Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:43:47 GMT

Descartes's Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe

by Amir D. Aczel

Consumed "Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:08:59 GMT

Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes

by Charles Seife

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Consuming "The New Puzzle Classics: Ingenious Twists on Timeless Favorites (Mensa)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:25:25 GMT

The New Puzzle Classics: Ingenious Twists on Timeless Favorites (Mensa)

by Serhiy Grabarchuk

Consumed "The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:47:33 GMT

The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics

by Karl Sabbagh

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Consuming "Under the Sidewalks of New York: The Story of the Greatest Subway System in the World"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:35:13 GMT

Under the Sidewalks of New York: The Story of the Greatest Subway System in the World

by Brian J. Cudahy

Consumed "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:59:05 GMT

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition

by Jared Diamond

Consuming "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:29:05 GMT

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

by Jared Diamond

Consuming "Don't Know Much About History - Updated and Revised Edition"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:28:45 GMT

Don't Know Much About History - Updated and Revised Edition

by Kenneth C. Davis

Consumed "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:10:56 GMT

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Consumed "Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older: How Memory Shapes our Past"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:47:23 GMT

Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older: How Memory Shapes our Past

by Douwe Draaisma

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Consumed "The Music of the Primes: Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:46:49 GMT

The Music of the Primes: Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics

by Marcus du Sautoy

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Consuming "The God Delusion"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:23:55 GMT

The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins

Consuming "Next"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:23:27 GMT

by Michael Crichton

A story about "Cryptonomicon"

nobody@allconsuming.net (alvy) — Wed, 25 May 2005 09:36:43 GMT

Cryptonomicon

by Neal Stephenson