Daily Archives: August 6, 2019

On The Compleat Speaker

Posted on August 6, 2019 by nathanalbright

I would like to state at the outset that I am not writing in this entry a review of the book The Compleat Speaker, by someone long associated with Toastmasters.  As I enjoy reading about rhetoric and speaking as well … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Curiosity: How Science Became Interested In Everything

Posted on August 6, 2019 by nathanalbright

Curiosity:  How Science Became Interested In Everything, by Philip Ball I must admit that this book’s best quality is probably the author’s ambivalence about what he is talking about.  To be sure, I have a very different perspective on science … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Curious

Posted on August 6, 2019 by nathanalbright

Curious:  The Desire To Know And Why Your Future Depends On It, by Ian Leslie Curiosity is, as one might expect, a rather curious quality.  Many small children are curious, full of questions about the world around them.  Yet many … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Origins Of Creativity

Posted on August 6, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Origins Of Creativity, by Edward O. Wilson This book is a short one but a surprisingly complex one in terms of its subject.  For one, the book’s contents on the origins of creativity are mostly not-very-creative evolutionary just-so stories … Continue reading →

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