ON THE PATH TO ALL-ROUND IMPROVEMENT
Oceanography: Exploring Earth’s Final Wilderness – Prof. Harold J. TobinI thought this would be a fun course with mostly Attenborough-esque sceneries and lots of cool info. It was way more than that. I got to learn so much and as always I’ve just taken notes of whatever stood out to me. – Land info called … Read more
Robert Beck tells his twisted story of his journey to being a pimp and eventually leaving the game. The slang he uses was so new to me I had no idea what he was going on about until he painted a better picture and still I had difficulty, so the glossary helps a lot. My … Read more
The Ultimate Book About Love, Sex, and Relationships for You – and the Man You Love It’s a book for women to give their men, something both sides can learn a little something and improve their relationship etc. It had some good reminders. Warning… lots of etceteras ahead. I get straight to the summary:– Women … Read more
More like 48 Laws of politics with case histories. I don’t see how hiding, stealing credit, sucking up and other sneaky games equal to power. But I do see how they help one reach places. Maybe it’s just my definition of power. Anyway this book has all the tricks and I’m sure most of us … Read more
Aryabhatt (476 CE) – Master Astronomer and Mathematician Born in 476 CE in Kusumpur ( Bihar ), Aryabhatt’s intellectual brilliance remapped the boundaries of mathematics and astronomy. In 499 CE, at the age of 23, he wrote a text on astronomy and an unparallel treatise on mathematics called “Aryabhatiyam.” He formulated the process of calculating … Read more
NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock who is currently aboard the International Space Station shares pictures of the Earth he snaps with the world through Twitter. Known to his nearly 68,000 Twitter followers as Astro_Wheels, Wheelock has been posting impressive photos of the Earth and some of his thoughts ever since he moved into the space station … Read more
