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Post by sbell on May 27, 2008 22:21:20 GMT
Perhaps, but I won't get into it anymore--I don't come here to angry up my blood (unless it's to try and understand the amount of love Papo gets!)  |
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Post by piltdown on May 27, 2008 23:59:09 GMT
I just traded some books for a copy of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn. I'm going to read it soon (after I do some paperwork for the emporium) so Dinotoyforum can't say I don't understand what I'm talking about ;D Heck, by the time I'm done I'll be parroting "Paradigm shift! Paradigm shift!" till I'm blue in the face  ;D |
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Post by Dinotoyforum on May 28, 2008 9:05:42 GMT
I just traded some books for a copy of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn. I'm going to read it soon (after I do some paperwork for the emporium) so Dinotoyforum can't say I don't understand what I'm talking about ;D Heck, by the time I'm done I'll be parroting "Paradigm shift! Paradigm shift!" till I'm blue in the face ;D *Takes hat off to Piltdown for doing some research.* Careful though, you may just convince yourself that you were wrong all along From the Amazon book review page, the book describes: "how scientists move from disdain through doubt to acceptance of a new theory" I'm pretty sure you are stuck on the 'disdain stage' of the new theory that theropod dinosaurs had feathers, as were most scientists back in the 60s before all the evidence was in. It sounds like an interesting read. |
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Post by piltdown on Jun 6, 2008 4:49:45 GMT
Sea Dragons -- by Richard Ellis, about marine reptiles and such. Dr. Admin, I suppose you've seen this book; what did you think of it? Was the info reliable?
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Jun 6, 2008 8:49:37 GMT
It's on my bookshelf, yes. It's quite good - thoroughly researched, but a bit dry (ironically) and could do with more pictures of actual fossils for my liking. It gives a good overview of the main groups.
I'm reading 'the selfish gene' now, one I should have seen to years ago, somehow I managed to read all of Dawkin's other books before getting around to his first...
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Post by tomhet on Jun 6, 2008 15:53:13 GMT
*is trying to give M o b y D i c k the final stab* Just 80 pages left! I had not been able to even touch it because of the exams.
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Jun 6, 2008 21:19:07 GMT
dick?
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Post by tomhet on Jun 25, 2008 13:56:40 GMT
Leviathan by Paul Auster.
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Post by richard on Jul 1, 2008 16:22:19 GMT
El seductor de la patria (The seducer of the country?) of Enrique Serna
It's a book about Antonio López de Santana
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Post by piltdown on Jul 1, 2008 18:44:33 GMT
Rereading Labyrinths and The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges, in preparation for reading a book of essays of his  I was trying to read some books on science, but my eyes were beginning to glaze over  ;D |
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Post by piltdown on Jul 1, 2008 18:46:18 GMT
--though the next book on my reading list (when my order arrives) is "Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Vehicles" ;D |
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Post by Libraraptor on Jul 7, 2008 18:00:20 GMT
At the moment I´m still busy reading "The Last Dinosaur Book" by a guy called Mitchell and finished Neil Shubin´s "Your inner fish" last month.
If it is recommended, I´ll list some other readind stuff for the dinosaur enthusiast here, for I don´t only collect dinosaur toys/models/replicas but also dinosaur books (not the "kindergarten level" ones, though).
What do you think?
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Post by sbell on Jul 7, 2008 19:34:54 GMT
At the moment I´m still busy reading "The Last Dinosaur Book" by a guy called Mitchell and finished Neil Shubin´s "Your inner fish" last month. If it is recommended, I´ll list some other readind stuff for the dinosaur enthusiast here, for I don´t only collect dinosaur toys/models/replicas but also dinosaur books (not the "kindergarten level" ones, though). What do you think? I am intrigued about the book Inner Fish. It sounds really interesting. But of course, how can there be an inner fish if we were created from nothing in our current perfect forms he says sarcastically? |
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Post by tomhet on Jul 8, 2008 2:58:38 GMT
I finished Leviathan by Auster and I must confess, I wasn't all that impressed  El seductor de la patria (The seducer of the country?) of Enrique Serna It's a book about Antonio López de Santana I once read his book Amores de segunda mano. It was funny  |
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Post by richard on Jul 8, 2008 3:39:03 GMT
yeah Serna has a nice style
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Post by jurassicjames on Jul 17, 2008 16:11:06 GMT
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - Very heavy going at times, but still a great read!
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Post by dinoboy on Jul 17, 2008 20:25:58 GMT
Dog Logic: Companion Obedience- Rapport-Based Training
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Post by dinoboy on Jul 26, 2008 12:19:00 GMT
David Baldacci: The Simple Truth. Pretty good so far.
I could not read his earlier book, The Winner, but I did like Absolute Power & Total Control.
next up will be Dean Koontz: Darkfall
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Post by tomhet on Aug 9, 2008 18:50:03 GMT
^^^ Although I'm not a huge fan of Koontz, the monsters of Darkfall were pretty interesting. Have you read Fear Nothing and Seize The Night?
Yesterday I finished The Influence by Ramsey Campbell, a nice ghost novel. I'm currently reading The Parasite.
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Post by crazycrowman on Aug 10, 2008 13:26:56 GMT
"Voyage of the Turtle" by Carl Safina.
Its about the Leatherback, and other Sea Turtles. Good read, though a tad depresssing at times.
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