Oh, hi!

I have just finished reading The Dragons of Eden by Dr. Carl Sagan. It was truly a wonderful experience to read this one. Sagan has just soooo many things to tell about our brain. Maybe when God (if there is one) gave intelligence to the world, Carl Sagan was the earliest bird. Or maybe it was just because of marijuana (he was once quoted of having incredible ideas while high). The New York Times is right, Sagan is THAT teacher that you always wish you had. Too bad, he's already left this world.

Now, I can concentrate on reading the following:

• Cosmos - Carl Sagan
• Delirium/Pandemonium - Lauren Oliver
• The Mars trilogy - Kim Stanley Robinson
• A Game of Thrones series - George RR Martin
• The Four Laws That Drive the Universe - Peter Atkins
•  ...and these books:

Aaargh! Might not be able to read 'em all this summer.

And oh! I still have to grab me a copy of Bob Ong's and Eros Atalia's (not-so-) new books. Haven't read them yet. Neither have I seen spoilers.

Take It From Newton

“At the Stourbridge Fair in 1663, at age twenty, he [Isaac Newton] purchased a book on astrology, ‘out of curiosity to see what there was in it.’ He read it until he came to an illustration which he could not understand, because he was ignorant of trigonometry. So he purchased a book on trigonometry but soon found himself unable to follow the geometrical arguments. So he found a copy of Euclid’s Elements of Geometry, and began to read. Two years later he invented the differential calculus. … When asked how he accomplished his astonishing discoveries, Newton replied unhelpfully, ‘By thinking upon them.’”

-From Cosmos by Carl Sagan

So guys, when you wanna learn something, do not be disheartened when you encounter something that you don’t understand. Take extra steps to fully understand the craft. Who knows, just like Newton, you might just find the discovery of the century in the process.




(This should be a note to myself.)