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Post by harharmahadev Fri Jun 17, 2011 4:32 pm

Here's what I'm reading now

http://www.amazon.com/Gang-Leader-Day-Sociologist-Streets/dp/014311493X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308342697&sr=8-1

Gang Leader For A Day: Sudhir Venkatesh!


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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Jun 18, 2011 6:27 pm

the nutrition information on the back of the greek yogurt container.
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Post by harharmahadev Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:47 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:the nutrition information on the back of the greek yogurt container.

Greeks have good culture.

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Post by Guest Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:38 pm

The Emperor of all maladies: A biography of cancer by Siddartha Mukherjee - quite fascinating, so far. The author is very articulate and impressive - watched an interview with him recently.

Madhouse (True stories of the inmates of hostel 4, IIT-B)

The latter was gifted to me by an IITB alumnus. I have to read it for the sake of politeness. I thought it was a rather odd gift. Maybe I should send it to Uppili after I am done with it.

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Post by pravalika Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:20 pm

blabberwock wrote:The Emperor of all maladies: A biography of cancer by Siddartha Mukherjee - quite fascinating, so far. The author is very articulate and impressive - watched an interview with him recently.

Madhouse (True stories of the inmates of hostel 4, IIT-B)

** i looked him up on youtube, he was promoting his book. maybe cuz of my background i found it to be moving at a snail's speed. this going back and looking up some historical case reports is something i'd expect some secretary to do, also disappoitning is the title of the book, a riff on the interpreter of maladies by the chubby soporific bengali women. maybe all this holds some appeal to the average lay person but i find that difficult to believe. the exciting stuff in medicine to me seems to be stuff like judah folkman noticing the growth of fresh new blood vessels at a particular site and thus identifying angiogenesis factor or the use of antibodies in the treatment of cancer. anyway, oncologists are really boring people.


The latter was gifted to me by an IITB alumnus. I have to read it for the sake of politeness. I thought it was a rather odd gift. Maybe I should send it to Uppili after I am done with it.

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Post by pravalika Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:21 pm

harharmahadev wrote:
MaxEntropy_Man wrote:the nutrition information on the back of the greek yogurt container.

Greeks have good culture.

the greeks make my favorite cultures.

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Post by Guest Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:55 pm

pravalika wrote: i'd expect some secretary to do, also disappointing is the title of the book, a riff on the interpreter of maladies by the chubby soporific bengali women.

This is what he says in the "Author's Note" about the title of the book

In the end, cancer truly emerges, as a nineteenth-century surgeon once wrote in a book's frontispiece, as "the emperor of all maladies, the king of terrors".


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Post by Nila Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:49 am

The little Women!

Everyone women shall read that book...well, it was free (nook) so I am reading that...Razz

Very interesting!!!


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Post by harharmahadev Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:52 am

pravalika wrote:
harharmahadev wrote:
MaxEntropy_Man wrote:the nutrition information on the back of the greek yogurt container.

Greeks have good culture.

the greeks make my favorite cultures.

We are still talking about yogurt, right?

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Post by Hellsangel Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:49 am

harharmahadev wrote:

We are still talking about yogurt, right?
Maybe they also make good yeast cultures.
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Post by harharmahadev Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:57 pm

Hellsangel wrote:
harharmahadev wrote:

We are still talking about yogurt, right?
Maybe they also make good yeast cultures.

There was no mention of yeast on the Greek yogurt container.

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Post by Hellsangel Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:14 pm

harharmahadev wrote:
Hellsangel wrote:
harharmahadev wrote:

We are still talking about yogurt, right?
Maybe they also make good yeast cultures.

There was no mention of yeast on the Greek yogurt container.
Who is talking about yogurt? Yogurt uses bacteria.
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Post by harharmahadev Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:19 pm

Hellsangel wrote:
harharmahadev wrote:
Hellsangel wrote:
harharmahadev wrote:

We are still talking about yogurt, right?
Maybe they also make good yeast cultures.

There was no mention of yeast on the Greek yogurt container.
Who is talking about yogurt? Yogurt uses bacteria.

Maxentrophyman was talking about yogurt.

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