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2012-04-14 11:04:11

#1576

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6731|St. Andrews / Oslo

rdx-fx wrote:
unlike the money making machine that is the usual university textbook author (Stewart comes to mind..).

Seriously, it seems every undergrad economics textbook releases a new edition around July each year, adding little but a new cover. Charity/used book shops around here are stacked to the roof with previous (basically identical) editions.. 'tis ridiculous.

Not surprising then that one of the textbooks a professor showed me had a table of average graduate incomes in the introductory "why study economics" chapter.. lol, what a mess.

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2012-04-14 11:09:54

#1577

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6469

my gf's dad is like the head of the european chiropractic association or something, and he has also published (and revised, three times) the definitive chiropractice textbook that all of the university departments and private schools use. like, he has total monopoly on it (it even has full-colour photo instructions of him and her mum [who is also a chiroprac] performing the exercises). he makes so much from student royalties every year that my gf now safely has a $250k first house set up. academic textbook writing is good business. it's not just business-types (though i imagine they do make way more). most of my professors here have 'definitive' or 'authoritative' books out on so-and-so topic and so-and-so author... which are, of course, part of the required reading list for our undergraduate curricula... and are at least stocked in every major university library. furthermore literature professors get a lot of gigs writing the 'critical introductions' to classics, or just editing essay collections about said-classics. there's a lot of way to make a whole lotta money on top of your generous academic salary. another benefit to the career!

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2012-04-14 11:14:43

#1578

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6590

I have 4+ versions of Halliday's Fundamentals of Physics on my bookshelf.
3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th if I recall correctly.
I may still have a 1st or 2nd edition around somewhere...

In all reality, the 3rd edition was really the last edition that was really warranted.
Many typos and formatting oddities in 1st and 2nd editions.

For a calculus treatment of undergraduate physics, nothing about the "Fundamentals" of physics has changed enough to warrant a new edition every year.
Spivak's rate of a new edition every 10-20 years is about right, just to keep current with modern typesetting conventions and technology (Ti-89 versus sliderule, Maple versus Mathematica, etc)

2012-04-14 12:23:44

#1579

PrivateVendetta: I DEMAND XMAS THEME; +704|6190|Roma

Uzique wrote:
lmao

reads the text at the centre of the aestheticist movement

complains it dwells too much on aesthetics

next week pv reads the bible and complains about use of religious imagery

i don't like dorian grey or wilde, either... but your criticisms are a bit dumb. what were you expecting? concrete simple sentences?

I didn't know what I was expecting. I got it because I'd heard the name and it was free. Didn't know anything about it.
Turns out I don't like the aestheticist movement. Learn something every day.

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2012-04-14 14:05:05

#1580

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6469

the disastrous consequences of somebody hearing about classic literature elliptically

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2012-04-14 14:07:15

#1581

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5584

Uzique wrote:
here's a lot of way to make a whole lotta money on top of your generous academic salary. another benefit to the career!

okay but can you design a bridge? no? useless field

2012-04-14 15:06:06

#1582

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6151|what

As far as "classics" go, I'd rate Moby Dick as my favourite.

2012-04-14 15:44:03

#1583

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6469

as far as classics go, moby dick is a good one

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2012-04-14 15:48:42

#1584

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6499|so randum

lord of the flies is the first proper book i can remember reading

Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2012-04-14 16:19:17

#1585

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6469

it takes like 40 minutes

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2012-04-14 16:19:41

#1586

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6499|so randum

i was like 8, give me a break :C

Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2012-04-14 18:06:23

#1587

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5357|London, England

Red fish blue fish is a good book

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-04-15 02:47:26

#1588

PrivateVendetta: I DEMAND XMAS THEME; +704|6190|Roma

The Cat sat on the Mat

2012-04-15 05:36:32

#1589

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6469

it's ironic because every time jay tries to seem actually smart and intellectual by namedropping books or reading amazon popular history, he just looks like a fucking mong. so he has to be insincere all the time. i guess that's what happens when you get called out continuously for faux-intellectualism, over and over, for years on repeat.

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2012-04-15 06:30:46

#1590

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5357|London, England

https://www.freeholdtwp.k12.nj.us/errickson/mediacenter/NormanBridwell/clifford%20the%20big%20red%20dog.jpg

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-04-15 10:09:54

#1591

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6469

https://hustlebear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Atlas-Shrugged-Movie-Poster_2.jpg

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2012-04-15 11:10:48

#1592

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5357|London, England

https://b.images.paperbackswap.com/l/73/1173/9780671751173.jpg

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-04-15 11:26:15

#1593

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6691

R.L. Stine

Fucking classic

x

2012-04-15 11:30:51

#1594

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5357|London, England

Those were the most checked out books from our sixth grade classroom library

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-04-15 11:31:59

#1595

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6691

I'm pretty sure he was the only author advertised between children's television programs.

x

2012-04-15 14:15:54

#1596

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6770|PNW

I think I stopped reading those sometime after Dead House came out (e: wiki - in 1992).

2012-05-15 13:23:49

#1597

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5584

So to bring back some life into this thread..what is everyone currently reading? I just started this yesterday

https://img2.imagesbn.com/images/136800000/136802034.JPG

About a 100 pages into this 1000 pager. So I have a bit to go. It is going pretty quickly though. For a book aimed at serious historians it flows well. I picked this one up since it is a spot of history I'm not too familiar with in an otherwise well understood period.

So yeah, your turn.

2012-05-16 07:11:15

#1598

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6731|St. Andrews / Oslo

Middle of exam times, so not had time to read anything for fun, but lying ready on my desk is Meiksins Wood's 'Liberty and Property', and Rushdie's Midnight's Children.. Will probably end up reading those two after exams.

On a separate note, I'm going to Washington for three weeks in June for some seminars on US politics and foreign policy, and was wondering if anyone knows of any books that are good, quick introductions to the political system (e.g. power structures, elections, traditional stances on specific issues, etc)?

I've been looking at this: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=344656 , but I'm not sure I can be bothered to read through an entire text book before going there.. Something less textbooky would be nice.

That said, the description gives a pretty good idea of what I'm looking for: "This new text, written by a team of leading authorities, assesses the state of American politics in the Obama administration. It looks both at the institutional framework of government and at the policy dilemmas facing the United States today and it analyzes the major controversial issues that shape American political debates in the 21st century."

2012-05-16 09:22:19

#1599

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,736|6736|Oxferd Ohire

reading lotr for the first time in ~ 7 years

2012-05-25 22:41:58

#1600

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5584

http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketin … index.html
See how fast you read and comprehend stuff compared to the average human. Also how quick you can read some classic books if you kept that pace.

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