Rated The Quiet American 10/10
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Finished reading Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far
Rated Biometrics: A Very Short Introduction 6/10
3.5/5 stars<br/><br/>An accessible, non-technical, introduction to the technical aspects of biometrics. It not only presents the current state of the art, but also the architectures used to build biometrical solutions and the problems those technologies are meant to solve (identification, validation, prediction). Given the space and technicality constraints of a Very Short Introduction, the author makes two choices, one of them less fortunate than the other.<br/><br/>The "good" choice was to focus on a few examples along the book --- mainly fingerprints, irises, faces, and signatures ---, which are rich enough to provide examples and narrow enough to be well developed. The "bad" choice was to reduce the space dedicated to the social consequences of biometrics, which are mostly sidelined (except for a discussion on ageing). Still, the technical framework presented in the book will provide good foundations who want to know a bit more about the technological possibilities and requirements in order to develop critiques about the social impact of biometrics in its many forms.
Rated Marie von Clausewitz: The Woman Behind the Making of On War 10/10
A solid and readable piece of scholarship discussing Marie von Clausewitz's direct and indirect influences on Carl's On War, providing insights about the continuing relevance of Clausewitz's work to the current day and the context in which it was produced.
Wants to read Como ler textos jurídicos em alemão
Wants to read Constitutional Challenges in the Algorithmic Society
Finished reading Proteção de Dados Pessoais: Comentários à Lei n. 13.709/2018 -LGPD
Rated Sei donne che hanno cambiato il mondo: Le grandi scienziate della fisica del XX secolo 6/10
Ho trovato questo libro per caso quando cercava qualcosa in Kindle Unlimited per praticare l’italiano. Non fu una scelta sbagliata: il linguaggio è accessibile, le storie raccontate sono coinvolgenti, e il testo dimostra non solo l’importanza di queste scienziate ma anche la passione della scrittrice per il tema. Ogni capitolo di questo libro presenta la vita di una scienziata specifica, narrando la sua biografia in contesto storico. Purtroppo, questo approccio non lascia molto spazio per spiegare la scienza stessa, eccetto nel capitolo dedicato a Hedy Lamarr, in cui c’è una chiara illustrazione del brevetto che questa attrice ha ottenuto. Forse, introdurre la scienza ci aiuterebbe a tracciare un ritratto più completo di queste donne, per cui la scienza è stata una dimensione così importante della vita. Nonostante, Gabriella Greison ha scritto un libro utile non solo per capire meglio la storia delle scienze ma anche per imparare con gli errori e ingiustizie del passato.
Wants to read The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction
Wants to read Science Fiction and Cultural Theory: A Reader
Rated Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction 6/10
Wants to read Computer Science: A Very Short Introduction
Rated An Introduction to Indian Philosophy 10/10
An accessible introduction to some of the key issues in classical and medieval Indian philosophy. After a historical and methodological introduction, the author presents the issues along seven chapters: Valor (roughly, ethics and politics) -> Knowledge (the role and limits of knowledge) -> Reasoning (logic and methods for knowledge acquisition, especially inference) -> Word (philosophy of language) -> World (ontology and causation) -> Self -> Ultimates (philosophy of religion). <br/><br/>The book succeeds in what I see as being the two main goals of an introduction of this kind. First, each chapter shows how the problems tackled by authors of the various Indian traditions tackle some philosophical questions, highlighting similarities and differences between their approaches and those followed by European authors facing related problems. Second, it provides references and an initial mapping of the issues, enough for an interested reader to know where to look for further education on the subject. Here, the modular structure of the book is particularly useful, as it allows readers that are not particularly interested in some subjects (in my case, language) to make the most of the overall content.
Wants to read The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction
Wants to read Philosophy of Technology: An Introduction
Wants to read European Integration and Supranational Governance
Wants to read African Politics: A Very Short Introduction
Rated Ancillary Justice 6/10
This book is well-written and creates a rich world, but I did not really connect with it. Certainly not enough to continue the series. Nevertheless, it is easy to see why so many people loved it.