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Easy-to-read book about the meaning of life and death. Hidden philosophy and scientific facts.
Not as exciting as Katniss' adventures but still quite good. Snow as the hero is weird though, he isn't the normal empathetic character.
This book is nice, made me think about what is really important in life! The author knows a lot of interesting people and has many stories to tell, but sometimes I felt like he was just talking. Maybe I am still too young and don't completely understand life yet. Might read this again when I am a little older.
Also took me a few months to finish it...
Also took me a few months to finish it...
I definitely rushed through it but took some deep reflection questions from it. Going to have to revisit them over the summer and the rest of my life.
Big recommendation for all white people out there! Do the work, read this or any other book on this topic! It's not supposed to be fun or rewarding or make you feel good. But it is very necessary.
Big recommendation for all white people out there! Do the work, read this or any other book on this topic! It's not supposed to be fun or rewarding or make you feel good. But it is very necessary.
Finally done with this beautiful book.
Hope Jahren is a talented writer and a great scientist. The best autobiography I ever read.
This book took me to various experiences a researcher is likely to experience during their career. It gave wonderful insights into day to day life, traits that are good to have, the smaller and bigger challenges, and the joy (or disappointment) that comes from the process and the results.
If you still wonder if being a full time scientist is something for you, and you don't have the resources to shadow in a lab, or travel to research sites, there is an easier way: read this book!
For me, I now know that this is what I am supposed to be doing for the rest of my life
Hope Jahren is a talented writer and a great scientist. The best autobiography I ever read.
This book took me to various experiences a researcher is likely to experience during their career. It gave wonderful insights into day to day life, traits that are good to have, the smaller and bigger challenges, and the joy (or disappointment) that comes from the process and the results.
If you still wonder if being a full time scientist is something for you, and you don't have the resources to shadow in a lab, or travel to research sites, there is an easier way: read this book!
For me, I now know that this is what I am supposed to be doing for the rest of my life
I can't really tell what this book was about.
David Brooks describes the lives of two fictional individuals, who end up getting married. While it's not really their existence that is interesting, it is the generalizations coming from decades of research that make the book so insightful
Most of what is written in this book feels like common knowledge. I have been privileged to have read and discussed many of the studies mention in my classes, so it was repetition. Good though.
It was cool. Nice. Life is interesting. Human beings are too. So fascinating!
David Brooks describes the lives of two fictional individuals, who end up getting married. While it's not really their existence that is interesting, it is the generalizations coming from decades of research that make the book so insightful
Most of what is written in this book feels like common knowledge. I have been privileged to have read and discussed many of the studies mention in my classes, so it was repetition. Good though.
It was cool. Nice. Life is interesting. Human beings are too. So fascinating!
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Don't really know why I reread this. Maybe because I was looking for a short book 😅
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I think scientists are creative people too.
And this book actually made sense to from a perspective of a person who wants to do academic research.
Sharing work seems to be important. Always. No matter how many people are out there following. Because there are always a few who your work will be relevant to. And connecting with those people should be important to everyone. Artist or not.
Don't really know why I reread this. Maybe because I was looking for a short book 😅
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I think scientists are creative people too.
And this book actually made sense to from a perspective of a person who wants to do academic research.
Sharing work seems to be important. Always. No matter how many people are out there following. Because there are always a few who your work will be relevant to. And connecting with those people should be important to everyone. Artist or not.
A little insight into how an astronaut's life can look like and lessons learned. It did feel like a dad giving lessons tho which was not so interesting.
The guy obviously knows a lot about surgery and got lots of experience. And he saved many people's life.
But I really didn't like his attitude. It felt like a long monologue of "I am invincible, I know a lot, I am awesome, I am saving the world, nothing can hurt me, I have all the right to be here" (not a quote).
I was looking for more critical debate around his stays abroad and the social and political implications of that.
This was one of the books I did not really want to finish but did anyway because I always hoped the next chapter will give me what I am looking for.
But I really didn't like his attitude. It felt like a long monologue of "I am invincible, I know a lot, I am awesome, I am saving the world, nothing can hurt me, I have all the right to be here" (not a quote).
I was looking for more critical debate around his stays abroad and the social and political implications of that.
This was one of the books I did not really want to finish but did anyway because I always hoped the next chapter will give me what I am looking for.