false 889975 24 male Chico, CA 02/2008 11/2009 47744 Ray Kurzweil 432 Ayn Rand 4 272 262 true 5679866 read 1 true 1809852 currently-reading 9 true 1809851 to-read 128 false 1809866 fantasy 112 false 1809893 philosophy 39 false 2295941 science-fiction 32 false 2296438 comedy 24 false 2296451 horror 21 false 2295939 history 13 false 2294973 hard-science 5 false 2296383 romance 5 false 2300764 plays 4 false 2296414 revenge 3 false 2295969 graphic-novel 3 false 2296610 steampunk 2 false 2296609 cyberpunk 2 false 2296368 mystery 1 false 2296612 clockwork-punk 1 false 2295930 western Mort (Discworld, #4) by Terry Pratchett]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72191109 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg 889975 Richard Houchin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1209007902p2/889975.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/889975-richard-houchin Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:38:55 -0700 Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8) by Terry Pratchett]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71295463 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170621656s/64216.jpg 889975 Richard Houchin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1209007902p2/889975.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/889975-richard-houchin Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:37:16 -0700
And then it came to me. About six years...more...]]> A Primer of Infinitesimal Analysis (Hardcover) by J.L. Bell]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70865264 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RCXq4LIkL._SL75_.jpg 889975 Richard Houchin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1209007902p2/889975.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/889975-richard-houchin Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:35:41 -0700
Still, I learned a bit. A square-zero is a number so small it isn't zero, but i...more...]]> Eric (Discworld, #9) by Terry Pratchett]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70866195 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170621657s/64218.jpg 889975 Richard Houchin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1209007902p2/889975.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/889975-richard-houchin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:04:19 -0700 Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories (Paperback) by F. William Lawvere]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70871168 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AvbShgmcL._SL75_.jpg 889975 Richard Houchin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1209007902p2/889975.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/889975-richard-houchin Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:10:17 -0700 Heroes, Saints, and Ordinary Morality (Moral Traditions) by Andrew Michael Flescher]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24008799 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173468708s/293729.jpg 889975 Richard Houchin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1209007902p2/889975.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/889975-richard-houchin Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:39:26 -0700 Heroes, Saints, and Ordinary Morality feels like a collection of notes in preparation for The Altruistic Species, which is a much easier and more engaging read.

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In text 4.7-4.8, Krisna reveals that whenever there's a rise in atheism, God himself descends to annihilate the dem...more...]]> The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter that Made the World Modern (Hardcover) by Keith J. Devlin]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60366959 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VupeGNkIL._SL75_.jpg 889975 Richard Houchin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1209007902p2/889975.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/889975-richard-houchin Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:43:50 -0700 Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time (Paperback) by Michael Shermer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56510995 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171151110s/89281.jpg 889975 Richard Houchin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1209007902p2/889975.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/889975-richard-houchin Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:45:14 -0700 more...]]>