Reviewing his biography — I hadn’t known who John Muir was, never having heard the name before. However, I saw people mentioning this as an excellent biography, and the nature theme appealed to me. …

I have read Mukherjee’s “The Emperor of All Maladies” which deeply impressed me with his skillful writing, engaging narrative, and interplay of science and human relationships. When I discovered he had a short book, I couldn’t help but get it. Science has laws, but while medicine is based on science…

Reviewing the book ‘Life 3.0‘ by By Max Tegmark — I’ve always looked at books regarding artificial intelligence with some suspicion. They often seem to have a very futuristic pop-science feel to them and ignore the more technical aspects of AI. I was happy to discover this wasn’t the case, and Max Tegmark is fairly educated on the topic. What…

Reviewing the book masterpiece written by Douglas R. Hofstadter — I was really looking forward to this book, seeing it mentioned many times. It’s a Pulitzer Prize-winning book that explores the connections between mathematics, music, and intelligence through the works of mathematician Kurt Gödel, artist M.C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach. …

Reviewing the book ‘Fear and Trembling’ — I was very excited about this book, but at the same time, I was dreading it. I’ve read Kierkegaard’s Sickness Unto Death before, which I found incredibly rewarding but also one of the most difficult intellectual tasks I had. I read Fear and Trembling only, despite my edition having the…

A book review of ‘Seven Years in Tibet’ by Heinrich Harrer — This book is written by Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer. He was caught in WW2 and was in a British internment camp in India. They later escaped the camp and traveled to Tibet. The first part of the book is their escape and travel, which is very difficult. …

Reviewing the book ‘Technological Slavery’ — ** Trigger warning alert ** This is the manifesto of K*czynski, an American domestic terrorist. He killed 3 people and injured 23 in a bombing campaign to draw attention to this anti-technology manifesto. He was arrested in 1996 and has 8 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. I do not condone his actions…

Reviewing “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi — Warning: This review contains spoilers This a memoir from Paul Kalanithi, a neurosurgeon that is diagnosed with IV metastatic lung cancer. It starts by telling his life story in general that leads to his current position as a neurosurgeon. That part alone I already found incredibly enjoyable and worthwhile. …

Reviewing her most famous philosophical work: “The Sovereignty of Good” — This work was harder than expected, and at times, I was quite lost without really grasping what Murdoch was trying to say. …