Martina tells her a strange story about being detained by British customs with a rare lock she’s bringing to the museum where she works, and asks for Sand’s help understanding what happened. Sand is contending with the social mores of her time during the COVID pandemic, worrying about ...
This should be a guaranteed home run for me. However, my fondness for this book ebbs and flows, a cycle driven by my mixed opinions about the narrator. It is myfondnessthat shifts though—I like it, I just like it by varying amounts depending on my mood. So what do I simultaneously...
If you have a child that is really into nature then you may have read some of Sy Montgomery’s other titles (“Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition into the Cloud Forest of New Guinea” or “Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot”). Soul of an Octopus is another n...
The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it. —Francis Bacon 48 We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. —Francis Bacon 23 The subtlety of nature is greater many time...
“On Human Nature is an absolutely fascinating book, in which a biologist applies the laws of nature to understanding things like the urge for religion and the impulse for altruism. He writes fundamental things about how we work and tries to explore the biology of these things, which are so...
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This book also debunks myths related to “success,” such as the idea that it is the result of “hard work, exacting plans, and driving ambition.” Rather, success is the product of our basic understanding of human nature and how we must adhere to its laws and rulings. ...
The book offers a lot of insight into "the game," which is the hard work of selling drugs. There is an lack of understanding of anything beyond the immediate friendship group and enemies. No one seems to understand that if you kill this guy's brother, he'll want to kill yours and yo...
With the yearly exodus from labs and lecture theatres imminent,Nature's regular reviewers and editors share some tempting holiday reads. This is a preview of subscription content,access via your institution Access options Subscription info for Chinese customers ...
your signed collectors’-edition copy now!). The brilliant insights and responses I’ve had from these first readers have been invaluable in helping me finetune the book, and they have developed my understanding of it too.Relearning to Readnow carries their influence and is the stronger for ...