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 "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." -- Mark Twain
"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket." - Chinese proverb
It's a pity that most of us spend all of our time on science and do not read anything to feed our brains. We now provide a forum for all colleagues and academics to introduce and exchange their thought on the good books that they have read. Any discipline is open for discussion, but we reserve the right to guard our web site against porn, politics and religion.
Anyone who loves to read will appreciate Thomas Jefferson's sentiment,"I cannot live without books." Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, and there could be no concept of humanity.
Forget about Jean-Jacoues Rousseau's saying, "I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about." Your contributions will help our web site be a source of reading and thinking. |
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| Thirteen ways to frustrate your employees by Michael S. Hyatt, Blog “From Where I Set” 10-11-2007 |
| Education comes in odd ways. Most of us think you can only learn from a great leader. I’m here to tell you that you can learn just as much from a bad one—maybe more. …..So, just for fun, I thought I would share these lessons as positives rather than negatives. If your goal is to frustrate - or even exasperate - your employees, here are thirteen ways to do it ...Read more |
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| Chrysalis, Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis by Kim Todd. 2007, Harvest Books 352p, ISBN-10: 0156032996 |
| An artist turned naturalist, Maria Sibylla Merian was born just thirteen years after Galileo was prosecuted for claiming the earth orbited the sun. But in 1699, more than a century before Darwin or Humboldt, she sailed from Amsterdam to South America on an expedition to study insect metamorphosis. It was an unheard of journey for a naturalist at that time, much less a woman, and she undertook it at the age of fifty-two, with only her daughter for company...Read more |
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| Corn Ethanol: biofuel or biofraud? by Jerry Garett, The New York Times, Sept 25, 2007 |
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| ......the difference in greenhouse gas emissions from cars burning gasoline-only fuel and fuels made from various forms of ethanol:
Corn ethanol: 0-3 percent greenhouse gas emission reduction. Sugar cane ethanol: 50-70 percent reduction. Cellulosic ethanol: 90-plus percent. So why is America, in particular, insisting on making ethanol from the worst possible choice?
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| 10 easy steps to office health by Roger Dobson, Timesonline 9-8-2007 |
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If you’re depressed at being back at work after the holidays, it’s time to do something about it.
…..sending fewer e-mails will make you less stressed, and bringing in potted plants can lower your risk of sore throats. If you can grab a desk by the window, it will make you less depressed……
......Step 1. Avoid office affairs According to an recent report, 62 per cent of married men and 46 per cent of married women who have had an affair began it with someone they met through work. Office affairs become unhealthy when they go wrong, with increased levels of depression and a 16 per cent drop in morale, say the egg heads.
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