I have been hesitant about eBooks because of
- DRM issues
- How would I choose among the various readers out there?
However, the sheer volume of our library means the issue is always coming up. Continue reading
I have been hesitant about eBooks because of
However, the sheer volume of our library means the issue is always coming up. Continue reading
High-Temperature Superconductivity is something I worked on at Stanford back in 1973-75. The world has changed. Now “high-temperature” means “above the boiling point of liquid Nitrogen” (77oK/-321oF). Back then it meant “above the boiling point of liquid Hydrogen” (20oK/-423oF), and it was still an unattained goal. We had to use liquid Helium. Still, some things remain the same:
Episcopal Café‘s Onion-style link to Pope’s book on Jesus ‘edited out’ women
Irish Class, July 26, 2010
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beamjockey wrote about “The Worst Excuse for a Book I’ve Ever Seen.”
He compared a modern “print-on-demand” copy of a technical book with the 1912 original. OCR is clearly not ready for prime time.
The publisher
is flooding Amazon with these low quality prints and, unfortunately, many of them have the reviews associated with the original or with beter quality imprints associated with them.
Also, Jennifer Ouellette, in The Nays Have It looked at Amazon.com customer reviews of some well known science books. If you are thinking about buying a book there, don’t just count the stars. Again, you should check the reviews.
Irish workshop, July 2010
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Some details from Gaeltacht Minnesota‘s
Weekend in Winona — Saturday morning and early afternoon