Ilona Dubi từ Zielęcice, Poland

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2019-07-29 08:30

44 Đời Tổng Thống Hoa Kỳ (Tái Bản 2018) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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Continuing on my summer reading of science and science fiction, I delved into the study of the universe, or more precisely, to viewing the world outside of our own planet. In Seeing in the Dark, Timothy Ferris presents an enormous amount of information in only 300 pages of writing (nearly another 100 pages consist of the appendix). "As one is so often reminded when gazing into the depths of the night sky, nothing is more fantastic than the real." First, he talks about the field of astronomy, and how amateur astronomers are instrumental in new discoveries. This is mainly due to their sheer numbers and the enormity of the universe available for viewing. Second, Ferris talks about some of the amateur astronomers, how they turned a hobby into a virtual unpaid profession, and some of their discoveries. I enjoyed the personal stories and the enthusiasm shared in them. Third, the author takes us along a journey into our solar system and the heavens beyond. Some of this is slow reading – scientific verbage that makes me reach back to my college memories of Astronomy and Cosmology classes. But that’s okay, because this is, in many ways like textbook. (In fact, my Cosmology professor assigned another of Timothy’s Ferris’ books in his class). And like a textbook of any subject you are vastly interested in, you’ll want to hang on to it, to refer back to again and again. It’s hard not to be fascinated by this subject. For instance, on the topic of galaxies: “Needless to say, they’re really big. Were the sun a grain of sand, Earth’s orbit would be an inch in radius, the solar system the size of a beach ball, and the nearest star another sand grain four miles away. Yet even on that absurdly compressed scale, the Milky Way galaxy would be a hundred thousand miles wide.” Lastly, for anyone wishing to step outside and take a look at the night sky themselves, this book offers practical how-to advice for just about any level. I think I’ll pull a lawnchair outside tonight, borrow my son’s telescope, and watch the stars put on a show.

2019-07-29 13:30

Nej: Giáo Trình Tiếng Nhật Căn Bản Theo Chủ Đề (Tập 2) (Kèm CD) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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It's interesting as a Christian to read social science books about religion, where everything is explained from an atheistic perspective, and therefore reduced to nothing but the analysis of social forces, evolutionary change, etc. There are helpful insights gained via this model that someone with a "faith" perspective could easily miss, ignore, or intentionally avoid, but I feel it also can miss what a particular faith meant to its practitioners. Now a good anthropologist, following say the Geertzian model, tries to interpret rituals according to the community that uses it, and although Stannard gives a great job of putting the changing funerary practices of American Puritans into the broader European context, and certainly has a good grip on Puritan/Calvinist theology, I don't know, there is still something missing. Nevertheless, it is a good read, and though while it ignores the economic and land issues involved in the breakdown of the Puritan communities, it does a great job showing how the crisis of their dwindling community was reflected as their death practices changed dramatically from practically just burying someone 6 feet under once they kick the bucket, no funeral, etc. to elaborate tombstones and funeral sermons. Must have been tough being a person of faith who also believes that there is no way one can know where they would spend eternity. An existential crisis dealt with through ritual. Also, a great use of "material culture" in explaining cultural meanings and changes. Lots of great and helpful illustrations, and a critique of our contemporary culture, which likes to pretend death (and aging) don't exist.

Người đọc Ilona Dubi từ Zielęcice, Poland

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.