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Friday May 15, 2009 · 3:12 AM PDT

2009/05/15 · 03:12

Just the usual list this week

cfk has Bookflurries on Wednesday nights, with links to lots of other diaries about books and reading on daily Kos.

sarahnity has Books by kossacks on Tuesdays.

If you like to trade books, try bookmooch

Now reading:
Godel, Escher, Bach - the going is getting heavy, the crowds are getting scarce, but I keep plugging away, every Sunday morning. This week, we have a guest host: joffan.

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. Space opera. Millions of worlds, aliens abound, huge stakes ... good stuff

A History of Western Philosophyby Bertrand Russell. A great survey.

The Enlightenment: An anthology by Peter Gay. I found this at a used book stand near me. A fascinating period.

The Cult of Statistical Significance why the traditional, Fisherian method of doing statistics is bad, and what we should do instead. Very important, but somewhat overly dramatic.

Bozo Sapiens: Why to err is human by Ellen and Michael Kaplan. The authors, one of whom (Ellen) is a friend, sent this to me. This is wonderful stuff, full of humor and insight into why we make mistakes. Also, the jacket photo shows one author (Ellen) pushing the other in a baby carriage (she's his mom).

An Introduction to Medical Statistics by Martin Bland. The people at Oxford UP sent me a copy to review. I am only a little ways into it, but it is a good, solid introduction presented clearly and at a not-too-high mathematical level. If you need to understand this field, this is a good book for you.

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