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Blake Stacey is a physics boffin and science-fiction writer who wandered the Earth and eventually settled in the nation-state of Denial.
Category: Bibliophilia
I just noticed on my blag sidebar that the ScienceBorg Collective is offering ten free copies of Jason Rosenhouse's much-lauded book, The Monty Hall Problem (2009). Ten winners will be chosen, one each day for ten days, and the urn...
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Category: Bibliophilia
Huzzahs are in order for SciBling Jason Rosenhouse, whose entertaining and informative book The Monty Hall Problem: The Remarkable Story of Math's Most Contentious Brainteaser (2009) made Amazon.com's annual list of the ten best science books. Not bad for a...
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Category: Bibliophilia
Three book-related items up today: First, a hearty congratulations to Brian Switek, whose book, now titled Written In Stone, is set to be published next fall! If the sample chapters I saw a few months back are any indication, Brian's...
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Category: Bibliophilia
From the man who did not endorse Stuart Pivar. It seems to be characteristic of the impact of scientific discovery on the literary world and on popular culture that certain items of vocabulary, interpreted vaguely or incorrectly, are often the...
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Category: About this Blag
Wherein the author jots a few quick notes and takes a break.
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Category: Bibliophilia
Nowadays, "approval from a publishing company" ranks surprisingly low on the list.
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Category: Bibliophilia
Thomas Pynchon has a new novel, Inherent Vice, set for publication this August. In addition to leaving me with the distinct impression that the novel will involve hunting ghosts through the Florida swamps, this cover suggests somebody is still obsessing...
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Category: Software
I'm glad to see that the procedure has been spelled out. To become rich very fast by writing books, you have to take these steps. 1. Start writing novels on your computer. Write fiction novels since they take the least...
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Category: Bibliophilia
Yesterday evening, I came home to find a new piece of swag waiting for me: a brown paper parcel, lined with bubble wrap and containing Sean B. Carroll's Remarkable Creatures (2009). I flipped it open immediately after extracting it from...
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Category: Bibliophilia
Brian Switek observes that New Scientist magazine (cough, cough, cough) has reviewed The Open Laboratory 2008, the third annual science-blogging anthology. My favourite part of the review, by a certain Michael Le Page: There are many highly entertaining pieces here,...
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