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Less flourish, more focus. That would have been a better braid.
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Jul 09, 2007
Tatiana
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it was amazing
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This is my favorite nonfiction book of all time. The ideas he explores come into play in such disparate fields as genetics, weather, music, math, and artificial intelligence. The presentation is brilliant, with much witty wordplay and intricate inter-references between things like zen koans, Magritte paintings, puns, acrostics, and formal systems. It's loads of fun but also imparts a deep understanding of how a lot of stuff in our universe works. I've read my paperback copy so many times that it
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the writing style was a bit too pontificating for my taste but parts of this book do make you think about existence as a whole.
Wow. This one will really get you thiking!
Oct 09, 2013
Chris Aldrich
marked it as to-read
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