FiveBooks Newsletter 111
Links to all our original FiveBooks interviews of the week before, plus
a pick of the best content on The Browser.
[1]FiveBooks weekly newsletter: Links to all our original FiveBooks
interviews of the week before, plus a pick of the best content on The
Browser.
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
FiveBooks at The Browser
This week we dipped into our archives to bring you an impassioned
defence of free speech, arguments in favour of morality without God and
an enchanting spin through magical tales from the past. There were also
insights into the past century of Chinese history and an account by an
eminent British physicist of how women can and should be encouraged to
make their mark in science.
FiveBooks News
[5]Athene Donald on Women in Science
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/athene-donald-on-women-science
Friday August 10
The award-winning British physicist tells us how to fight preconceived
ideas about gender and suggests reading that could inspire women to
pursue careers in science
[6]Continue reading…
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/athene-donald-on-women-science
[7]Rana Mitter on 100 Years of Modern China
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rana-mitter-on-100-years-modern-china
Tuesday December 13
A century after the fall of China’s last imperial dynasty, the legacy
of revolution remains deeply ambiguous in today’s People’s Republic.
The China scholar tells us about the country’s tumultuous changes from
1911 to the present day [8]Continue reading…
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rana-mitter-on-100-years-modern-china
[9]Andrei Codrescu on Fantastical Tales
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrei-codrescu-on-fantastic-and-magical-tales
Wednesday August 8
The Romanian-born poet tells us about his love for fantastic and
magical tales – particularly bloody ones with cannibalism, necrophilia
and alienated heroes [10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrei-codrescu-on-fantastic-and-magical-tales
[11]Kenan Malik on Morality Without God
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenan-malik-on-morality-without-god
Friday September 23
Religion is often presented as the guardian of moral values. The
problem with this, says the author and broadcaster, is that it
diminishes what it means to be human. He draws on Plato and a medieval
Arab poet to explain why [12]Continue reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenan-malik-on-morality-without-god
[13]Claire Fox on Freedom of Speech
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/claire-fox-on-freedom-speech
Tuesday October 18
Modern society has interpreted John Stuart Mill's concept of tolerance
to mean that we should avoid giving offence. The director of the
Institute of Ideas tells us about books that show how far we've
departed from what was meant [14]Continue reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/claire-fox-on-freedom-speech
[15]How Apple And Amazon Security Flaws Led To My Epic Hacking
Links:
15. http://b.rw/Nlg7j8
Mat Honan | Wired | 6 August 2012
"In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed."
Honan's Google account was compromised and deleted; his Twitter account
spued out racist tweets; and all data was erased from his iPad, iPhone
and MacBook. Here's how [16]More like this
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/best
Featured Topic
[17]Human Modification
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/reports/human-modification
Scientists are experimenting with different ways to enhance humans.
What's possible? And what may be possible in the future? Does messing
with Mother Nature raise ethical questions? [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/reports/human-modification
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[19]Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/bulfinchs-mythology-by-thomas-bulfinch
[20]Andrei Codrescu says: “I was amazed by the beauty of the language,
and the storyteller's unrelenting fascination with the stories he has
collected” [21]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrei-codrescu-on-fantastic-and-magical-tales
21. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[22]Izhar Cardboard Bike Project
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/videos/izhar-cardboard-bike-project
"It's strong, it's durable, it's cheap. But what I like about it the
most is it's made out of cardboard"
[23]More videos
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[24]Robert Samuelson, on happiness
Links:
24. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-global-happiness-derby/2012/07/22/gIQAJWi8JT_story.html
"Only in the mid-1700s — the Enlightenment — did happiness become
socially acceptable. Before that, religious dogma encouraged austere
rectitude"
[25]More quotes
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
@polit2k Why Israel Should Withdraw From the West Bank—Now - Jonathan
Tepperman - The Atlantic [26]t.co/8EPqshSZ h/t @blakehounshell
[27]#browsings [28]More like this
Links:
26. http://t.co/8EPqshSZ
27. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
28. http://thebrowser.com/browsings