tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179345827273319413.post8052525259500919144..comments2023-10-23T06:57:19.903-07:00Comments on Math of Greater Norton Blog Grassomath twitter: Books to read on how to thinkegrasso10http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476519038406713834noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179345827273319413.post-50779904356834837972007-10-23T07:17:00.000-07:002007-10-23T07:17:00.000-07:00If you really want a book on how to think, find a ...If you really want a book on how to think, find a good book about a topic you never read about. I have never spent much of my reading life in the 1950s. Thus, I am currently reading, The Longest Winter by David Halberstam (about the Korean War), and The Life and Time of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson. Bryson grew up in the 1950s, and this is a memoir. <BR/>I do read a lot of Bryson because he writes on a lot of subjects and is truly fascinating. I also find that Friedman is pretty interesting, but only once. <BR/>I am actually looking forward to the naming of the new book for One School One Book so that I can read something someone else values. <BR/><BR/>Books you probably have not read:<BR/>Guns, Germs and Steel<BR/>Robert Kennedy and His Times<BR/>The Concrete Blonde<BR/>The Professor and The Madman<BR/>What If?<BR/><BR/>There are always more.R G Dewarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05817949019252270124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179345827273319413.post-55578575365236908382007-10-17T13:59:00.000-07:002007-10-17T13:59:00.000-07:00This would explain why I was so awful in math all ...This would explain why I was so awful in math all through school (I never learned the basics...they were trying to teach "new math"), BUT I did well in geometry. It made sense to me. Shows that people do use different parts of their brain differently.<BR/>:)Paula Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07252832864041140073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179345827273319413.post-57111852758564395332007-10-13T06:40:00.000-07:002007-10-13T06:40:00.000-07:00I didn't get his new book but I think he is hilari...I didn't get his new book but I think he is hilarious, and watch it almost evey single night :-)Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574343701763582583noreply@blogger.com