FiveBooks Newsletter 71
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
FiveBooks at TheBrowser
This week on FiveBooks, we talked to historian [5]Norman Davies on Europe's
vanished kingdoms, psychologist [6]Dorothy Singer on why play is so vital
for children, and asked economics professor [7]Mark Thoma to explain what
econometrics is.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/norman-davies-on-europe’s-vanished-states
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dorothy-singer-on-play
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mark-thoma-on-econometrics
We also invited lexicographer [8]Jonathon Green to share his knowledge of
slang, and [9]Juliet Davenport, chief executive of Good Energy, to discuss
renewable energy.
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jonathon-green-on-slang
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/juliet-davenport-on-renewable-energy
Look out for a Halloween-themed beginning to next week, with interviews on
horror fiction and the Day of the Dead. Thank you for reading us!
FiveBooks News
[10]Mark Thoma on Econometrics
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mark-thoma-on-econometrics
Friday October 28
It’s a discipline popular with the Nobel prize committee and mysterious to
most of the rest of us. So we asked an econometrician to explain what he
does, and why there’s such a battle of ideas (and models) in economics
[11]Continue reading…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mark-thoma-on-econometrics
[12]Norman Davies on Europe’s Vanished States
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/norman-davies-on-europe’s-vanished-states
Thursday October 27
The rise of China means the study of its history is suddenly in vogue. But,
says the historian, there’s as much to learn, if not more, from looking at
states that have disappeared [13]Continue reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/norman-davies-on-europe’s-vanished-states
[14]Dorothy Singer on Play
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dorothy-singer-on-play
Wednesday October 26
Play is a vital learning experience. But not all play is equal. Some helps
children develop their imagination and learn cooperative behaviour. Some
doesn’t. The Yale psychologist explains all [15]Continue reading…
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dorothy-singer-on-play
[16]Jonathon Green on Slang
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jonathon-green-on-slang
Tuesday October 25
It’s dirty, grubby and doubting. And us at our most real. The lexicographer
takes us inside the world of “rough, truthful language” from rhyming slang
and cant to the streets of Baltimore and an etymology of the f-word
[17]Continue reading…
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jonathon-green-on-slang
[18]Juliet Davenport on Renewable Energy
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/juliet-davenport-on-renewable-energy
Monday October 24
The chief executive of Good Energy says we need to think big if we want to
cut our use of high-carbon energy. She tells us about the intersection
between business, politics and doing the right thing [19]Continue reading…
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/juliet-davenport-on-renewable-energy
[20]Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz on America’s Undocumented Workers
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ruth-gomberg-muñoz-on-america’s-undocumented-workers
Sunday October 23
The anthropologist tells us about books that give voice to low-wage migrant
labourers and explains the mutual dependence of slums and “urban glamour
zones” [21]Continue reading…
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ruth-gomberg-muñoz-on-america’s-undocumented-workers
[22]Wall Street Isn't Winning – It's Cheating
Links:
22. http://b.rw/w4q5NG
Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone | 25 October 2011
Sweary but enjoyable rant sparked by pundit's comment that OWS protest is
driven by envy of the rich. No it isn't, says Taibbi, who gives both barrels
in this response, arguing that the finance game is rigged [23]More like this
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/best
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[24]The Last King of Poland by Adam Zamoyski
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/last-king-poland-by-adam-zamoyski
[25]Norman Davies says: "The book is extremely well done, very well written"
[26]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/norman-davies-on-europe’s-vanished-states
26. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[27]The Divided Brain
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/videos/divided-brain
Another RSA animated lecture, this time by Iain McGilchrist. A triumph of
left brain over right [28]More videos
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[29]John Le Carré, on adaptations
Links:
29. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945968?refcatid=31
"Seeing your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into
bouillon cubes"
[30]More quotes
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
_@nuzav_ Is Self-Knowledge Overrated? http://t.co/QmqMJmrp via
_@NewYorker_ [32]#browsings [33]More like this
Links:
32. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
33. http://thebrowser.com/browsings