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Mignon rated Five easy theses: 5 stars
Five easy theses by James M. Stone
America today confronts a host of urgent problems, many of them seemingly intractable, but some we are entirely capable of …
Mignon rated Our Mathematical Universe: 4 stars
Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark
Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality is a 2014 nonfiction book by the Swedish-American cosmologist …
Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity by Carlo Rovelli
This is an English translation of "La realtà non è come ci appare" originally written in Italian.
Mignon rated Why We Sleep: 4 stars
Mignon rated Why Does E=mc2?: 4 stars
Why Does E=mc2? by Brian Cox
The most accessible, entertaining, and enlightening explanation of the best-known physics equation in the world, as rendered by two of …
Tracker by C.J. Cherryh (The Foreigner universe)
With the Assassins' Guild functioning again after a year of upheaval and rebellion, Bren Cameron takes a position on the …
Mignon rated The Mote in God's Eye: 4 stars
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Science fiction classic about the rise, fall and subsequent rise of a civilization where the peak catastrophe is known as …
Mignon rated Selfreference Engine: 2 stars
Mignon rated Stars uncharted: 4 stars
Stars uncharted by S. K. Dunstall
Captain Hammond Roystan is a simple cargo runner who has stumbled across the find of a lifetime: the Hassim, a …
Adapt: how humans are tapping into nature's secrets to design and build a better future by Amina Khan
"Amina Khan believes that nature does it best. In Adapt, she presents fascinating examples of how nature effortlessly solves the …
Mignon rated Against the Grain: 4 stars
Against the Grain by James C. Scott (Yale agrarian studies series)
Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors …
Mignon rated Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel: 4 stars
Gail Honeyman: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel (2017, Pamela Dorman Books)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel by Gail Honeyman
No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine.
Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social …
