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Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
I like this kind of book — a book which is non-fiction, but also tells a gripping story and tackles major themes. Highly recommended.
Jan 11, 2025
The Book of Genesis, a Great Courses course, by Professor Gary A Rendsburg
The author of this course is biased. Avoid.
Jan 4, 2025
Slow productivity by Cal Newport
This isn’t as good as Newport’s other books, it doesn’t really say anything new. In summary: do fewer things, work at a natural pace and obsess over quality.
Jan 3, 2025
The Devil’s Best Trick by Randall Sullivan
This book is fun and easy to read. But I only read the first half, because it is just a piece of entertainment, not a serious non-fiction work.
Jan 2, 2025
The Devil’s Atlas — An Explorer’s Guide to Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds by Edward Brooke-Hitching
A great book to look at and browse, but not so great if you are really interested in understanding the history of The Devil.
Dec 19, 2024
How to live by Derek Sivers
How to live by Derek Sivers is a shallow and trivial book full of instagram-worthy deepities
Dec 1, 2024
In Ascension
by Martin MacInnes
This book is well-written. I think a lot of people would really enjoy it. It’s just not for me. It’s annoying.
Nov 23, 2024
The Great When
by Alan Moore
I’m a big fan of the wonderfully eccentric Alan Moore, so I bought the recently published
The Great When
for my birthday. I read it completely — which is actually not that…
Nov 3, 2024
The Art of Explanation by Ros Atkins
Visual notes of the book The Art of Explanation by Ros Atkins. Atkins is a BBC News journalist, who is especially good at explaining complex situations quickly with…
Apr 11, 2024
Notes from the course Neural Networks and Deep Learning
My notes on the Deep Learning Specialization on Coursera
Mar 29, 2023
The Wager — A tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder by David Grann
In 1740 The Wager left Portsmouth for Cape Horn. Like Cook’s later voyage to Australia, the ship had a secret mission that only the Captain knew about - to capture a…
Dec 25, 2022
Information visualization: visualizing temporal data
Visualizing temporal data from the Coursera course by Enrico Bertini of NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Dec 20, 2021
Information visualization: interactive and multiple views
Visualizing interactive and multiple views from the Coursera course by Enrico Bertini of NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Dec 20, 2021
Information visualization notes: visualizing network data
Visualizing network data from the Coursera course by Enrico Bertini of NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Dec 20, 2021
Information visualization notes
Advanced techniques from the Coursera course by Enrico Bertini of NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Dec 20, 2021
Notes on Pinker: Introduction to Psychological Sciences
These are my visual notes for Steven Pinker’s PSY 1 Introduction to Psychological Sciences course
Jun 1, 2021
Introduction to Psychological Sciences lecture 3
These are my visual notes for Steven Pinker’s PSY 1 Introduction to Psychological Sciences course
Jun 1, 2021
Introduction to Psychological Sciences lecture 2
These are my visual notes for Steven Pinker’s PSY 1 Introduction to Psychological Sciences course.
Jun 1, 2021
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