BOOK REVIEW"Cause Unknown": The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022by Ed Dowd 2022 About the AuthorEdward Dowd is currently a Founding Partner of Phinance Technologies, a global macro alternative investment firm. Edward has worked on Wall Street most of his career, spanning both credit markets and equity markets. Some of the firms he … Continue reading “Cause Unknown”
The Overlooked Americans
BOOK REVIEWThe Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our Rural Towns and What It Means for Our Countryby Elizabeth Currid-Halkett 2023 About the AuthorElizabeth Currid-Halkett is the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning and professor of public policy at the University of Southern California.The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, she holds the Kluge Chair … Continue reading The Overlooked Americans
Share this:
The Feeling of Life Itself
BOOK REVIEWThe Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computedby Christof Koch 2019 About the AuthorChristof Koch is President and Chief Scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, following twenty-seven years as a Professor at the California Institute of Technology. He is the author of Consciousness: Confessions of … Continue reading The Feeling of Life Itself
Share this:
Notes on Complexity
BOOK REVIEWNotes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Beingby Neil Theise 2023 About the AuthorNeil Theise is a professor of pathology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Through his scientific research, he has been a pioneer of adult stem cell plasticity and the anatomy of the human interstitium. He is also … Continue reading Notes on Complexity
Share this:
The Master Builder
BOOK REVIEWThe Master Builder: How the New Science of the Cell Is Rewriting the Story of Lifeby Alfonso Martinez Arias Ph.D. 2023 About the AuthorAlfonso Martinez Arias is ICREA Research Professor in the department of systems bioengineering of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. The recipient of numerous awards, he is coauthor of the biology textbook … Continue reading The Master Builder
Share this:
The Wandering Mind
BOOK REVIEWThe Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distractionby Jamie Kreiner 2023 About the AuthorJamie Kreiner is a historian of the early Middle Ages and associate professor of history at the University of Georgia. Her work on the early Middle Ages examines the politics, ethics, and scientific sensibilities of those underappreciated centuries. About … Continue reading The Wandering Mind
Share this:
God the Bestseller
BOOK REVIEWGod the Bestseller: How One Editor Transformed American Religion a Book at a Timeby Stephen Prothero 2023 About the AuthorStephen Prothero is the New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and God Is Not One and a professor of religion at Boston University. His work has been featured on the cover of TIME … Continue reading God the Bestseller
VolumesOfValue 