tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post8398218576400258765..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Books Books BooksYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-25309507937208739332011-03-10T13:19:05.723+02:002011-03-10T13:19:05.723+02:00Reconstructing a lost collection on the 'Scien...Reconstructing a lost collection on the 'Science of Judaism'<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/nyregion/08books.html?_r=1&ref=books<br /><br />T34Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-67298027645832035762011-03-09T21:43:07.830+02:002011-03-09T21:43:07.830+02:00I think that Philip K. Hitti's History of the ...I think that Philip K. Hitti's History of the Arabs is a better history even if it goes slightly past WWI. Hitti is a better organizer and historian than Hourani.Lee Ratnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139895689217213860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-27827143305037980142011-03-09T18:54:26.026+02:002011-03-09T18:54:26.026+02:00as the less rational than we believe we are story ...as the less rational than we believe we are story I think I've heard that first from several scientists in book talks or in interviews who happened to be Israelis. <br /><br />I think one of them even got a nobel for it. Let's hope Brooks gives them adequate credit.<br /><br />Also interesting on that subject is Freakonomics so it sounds to me as if Brooks is rehashing stuff. Let's hope he has something new to add. <br /><br />BTW I forgot which philosopher told me that all these our brains deciding things before we are conscious stuff is nice but if we value our human dignity we should keep insisting against all science that we are responsible for what we do.Silkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383345395827271854noreply@blogger.com