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Alexander added ‘Spook Country’

Alexander gave 3 stars to: Spook Country (Paperback)
by
William Gibson

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Alexander has challenged himself to read 50 books in 2012.

He has

read 1 book toward his goal of 50 books.

 

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Alexander Tsang voted on a review

Alexander
liked
Jonathan Cullen’s review of Foundation:

"Foundation. The name is apt.

Isaac Asimov’s sprawling scifi tale is the rock on which much of today’s space opera is … Continue reading

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Alexander added ‘Foundation’

Alexander gave 3 stars to: Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by
Isaac Asimov

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scifi

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Alexander added ‘The Time Ships’

Alexander gave 3 stars to: The Time Ships (Paperback)
by
Stephen Baxter

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Alexander has challenged himself to read 50 books in 2011.

He has

completed his goal of reading 50 books for the 2011 Reading Challenge!

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Alexander has challenged himself to read 50 books in 2011.

He has

completed his goal of reading 50 books for the 2011 Reading Challenge!

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Alexander added ‘Starbound’

Alexander gave 3 stars to: Starbound (Paperback)
by
Joe Haldeman

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fiction,

scifi

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Alexander added ‘The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science And Changed The World’

Alexander gave 4 stars to: The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science And Changed The World (Hardcover)
by
Laura J. Snyder

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history, … Continue reading

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Alexander added ‘The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science And Changed The World’

Alexander gave 4 stars to: The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science And Changed The World (Hardcover)
by
Laura J. Snyder

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history, … Continue reading

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Alexander added ‘Marsbound’

Alexander gave 3 stars to: Marsbound (Paperback)
by
Joe Haldeman

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fiction,

scifi

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Alexander added ‘Galileo: Watcher Of The Skies’

Alexander marked as to-read: Galileo: Watcher Of The Skies (Hardcover)
by
David Wootton

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Alexander added ‘Galileo: Watcher Of The Skies’

Alexander marked as to-read: Galileo: Watcher Of The Skies (Hardcover)
by
David Wootton

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Alexander added ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’

Alexander marked as to-read: Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by
Daniel Kahneman

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Alexander added ‘Zoe’s Tale’

Alexander gave 3 stars to: Zoe’s Tale (Old Man’s War, #4)
by
John Scalzi

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fiction,

scifi

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Thinking, Fast and Slow: A New Way to Think About Thinking

Beneath the biases of intuition, or how your experiencing self and your remembering self shape your life.
Legendary Israeli-American psychologist Daniel Kahneman is one of the most influential thinkers of our time. A Nobel laureate and founding father … Continue reading

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Thinking, Fast and Slow: A New Way to Think About Thinking

Beneath the biases of intuition, or how your experiencing self and your remembering self shape your life.
Legendary Israeli-American psychologist Daniel Kahneman is one of the most influential thinkers of our time. A Nobel laureate and founding father … Continue reading

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Alexander added ‘Reamde’

Alexander gave 4 stars to: Reamde (Hardcover)
by
Neal Stephenson

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Alexander added ‘Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes’

Alexander gave 3 stars to: Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes (Hardcover)
by
Alan W. Hirshfeld

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history,

nonfiction,

science
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A review of Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature

I’ve written an in-depth review of Steven Pinker’s new book on the decline of violence for the latest Wilson Quarterly
I thought getting a free copy and working on a review would be great fun but was rather taken aback when the 848 page book landed… Continue reading

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