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Rated Grant 10/10
Great book. This is a test review!
Wants to read Zuber: Two Centuries of Panoramic Wallpaper
Finished reading Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
Rated Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story 8/10
An enjoyable introduction to the question "why is there something instead of nothing," from the perspectives of philosophy, physics, theology and logic. These are questions I haven't read much about and am mostly agnostic about; I remain agnostic about them in general but really enjoyed reading the author's interaction with a number of different possibilities of why we're here in this particular universe. A little sophistic and overly self-aware, but brain-stretchy and fun. I recommend it!
Wants to read The Bin Laden Papers: How the Abbottabad Raid Revealed the Truth about al-Qaeda, Its Leader and His Family
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Rated The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 4 10/10
Rated Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 22–26 8/10
Rated Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog and Chainsaw 10/10
Complex and brainy, but very interesting; I think it's the best you can do at explaining what Bayes' rule is to non-specialists like me. With an admirable minimum of equations, McGrayne talks about the origin of the Bayes statistical method, the controversies around it, and its wide range of applications. I almost wish I could give it something more like 3 1/2 stars, because I feel like I should have come away from the book with a better ability to explain exactly what Bayes' rule is, rather than having a sort of vague intuitive sense. But I think this is a great intro for non-mathematicians, even if only for the glimpse inside the world of mathematicians and engineers and programmers that I wouldn't usually get.