Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love by Myron Uhlberg My rating: 4 of 5 stars Summary Hands of My Father was an interesting memoir about Uhlberg’s youth. He was a boy growing up after the depression, during times of war, and most uniquely, was born to …
Category: Opinion
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman {book review}
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman My rating: 2 of 5 stars This is one of those books you have to take with a grain of salt. While reading it, it was very clear that the author grew up in the anti-Vietnam era, and much …
Where the Wild Things Were by William Stolzenburg [book review]
Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators by William Stolzenburg My rating: 4 of 5 stars Summary When we look at the extinction of a species, there is an innate curiosity of our human minds to ask why. This book is a compilation of research and …
The Way of the Eagle by Daniel P. Mannix {book review}
The Way of the Eagle by Daniel P. Mannix My rating: 2 of 5 stars This story came as part of an ancient Reader’s Digest I found laying around a garage sale. It piqued my interest because I am a bit of a naturalist myself, and I thought it’d be an interesting read. Doubly so …
Broader impacts and the public perspective
I am reading a pop-sci book called Pandora’s Seed, which looks at how our genetics tie into our cultural inheritance. In the preface Spencer Wells starts discussing the why behind his book. The why, is of course, rooted in the question âwhat impact does this research have?â This is a good question for all of …
Accidental Inventions: The Chance Discoveries That Changed Our Lives by Birgit Krols {book review}
Accidental Inventions: The Chance Discoveries That Changed Our Lives by Birgit Krols My rating: 2 of 5 stars I thought this book was pretty… and pretty useless. It takes several (maybe 50?) inventions that we use every day, gives you a vintage looking picture, sometimes a modern one worthy of Etsy, and a short paragraph …
Knocking on Heaven’s Door: A Daughter’s Journey Through Old Age and New Medicine by Katy Butler [book review]
Knocking on Heaven’s Door: A Daughter’s Journey Through Old Age and New Medicine by Katy Butler My rating: 3 of 5 stars Disclosure: I choose to read this book for review because I have an healthy fascination with death rituals which stems from studying anthropology. I also have several friends that are going into the …
Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies {MOOC review}
Class: Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship Platform: Coursera Length: 7 hours a week for 6 weeks. Subject: Business. Certificate: No. My rating: 4/5 When I signed up for Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies, it wasn’t because I was struggling running Insanitek. It was because there are many Insanitekians …
Against the Odds by James Dyson [book review]
Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have long been a fan of the Dyson vacuums because they worked better than anything I have ever heard of (though I’ve yet to get one). Thus, when I saw this book sitting calmly on the library shelf, I reached …
Crafting an Effective Writer {MOOC review}
Class: Crafting an Effective Writer: Tools of the Trade Platform: Coursera Length: 4 – 5 hours a week for 6 weeks. Subject: English language. Certificate: Yes, free upon successful completion of the course. My rating: 4/5