this book can be classified under medicine category, can’t it?
#polymathreadingchallenge
so, today i start 1st book, on history of music. i picked “33 revolutions per minute” by dorian lynskey.
#PolymathReadingChallenge
i suddenly realised that there are 7 months left in the year and i haven’t yet started reading for #PolymathReadingChallenge
#polymathreadingchallenge book 2 - Famous African Americans
_Becoming_, by Michelle Obama
For the 17th-18th century theme, I read Le génocide voilé by Senegalese-French researcher Tidiane N'Diaye. It's about the Arab-Muslim slave trade, so not specifically those centuries as it lasted for 14. It was a hard read, but the subject doesn't get talked about much (in my circles at least) so I learned a lot (about the mass castration of black people for example).
As far as I know, it has not been translated into English.
Mi finis legi la libron "The sea bird's cry" por #polymathreadingchallenge . Mi elektis ĝin por "marine biology" car ĝi pri temas marbirdoj. Tamen mi pensis "endagered speices"/"Mincata specio" estas pli bona kategorio. La libro estas tre interesa kaj ŝajnas inter poezo kaj scienco. Mi neniam spektos mevoj per sama maniero denove
Finished reading Darryl Cunningham's graphic non-fiction "Elon Musk: enquête sur un nouveau maître du monde". When I heard that the author was unable to publish it in English (influence from Musk?), I knew I had to read it. I'm not fast at French, but I got through it.
It was an objective look at Musk's history. Only the last few pages were opinionated. After learning the facts, I agreed with the opinions. Musk was lucky. He had unusual opportunities growing up rich under apartheid. He got huge government subsidies just when SpaceX and Tesla were about to go under.
I recommend the book.
This book isn't in one of the topics for the Polymath Reading Challenge, unless you count Elon Musk as an "african american." (I don't.) I'm adding the hashtag anyway, because it's well outside my normal reading fare.
So #ThePitt did a shout out and led me to this book. Definitely reading, it looks awesome. Sharing in case anyone else needs recommendations for the #PolymathReadingChallenge ;)
Started with the architecture theme and read A Testament by Frank Lloyd Wright. He divided the book into several parts in which he shares autobiographical details, his philosophy and the principles of what he calls organic architecture.
It was an interesting read, the man had quite the ego which made the biographical parts fun. Plenty of pictures and drawings.
I read the French translation as the English-language edition was hard to find without breaking the bank.
#polymathreadingchallenge book 1 - 17th/18th century
Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign
by Stephan Talty
#PolymathReadingChallenge book 3 (History of Music)
Honestly I never really got the whole opera thing, but now I am suspecting they were teaching it wrong in Music class. This book was a wild ride, more adventurous than any novel a writer could have come up with. Da Ponte is a holy fool, a hopeless romantic, a charming idiot, an annoying genius, an easy mark, a talented poet, a self-absorbed weirdo, and an all-around fascinating character.
Staging a picture with several hashtags... 😎
#caturday #accordion #bookstodon
#polymathreadingchallenge Nr. 1: History of music
@AccordionBruce, finally purchased the book through the big A, was the quickest and easiest.
@futurebird There's a non-fiction book club going on this year under the hashtag #PolymathReadingChallenge
The originator chose a list of topics. Each reader chooses their own book for each topic and reads and posts about them in whatever order they choose. So, very uncoordinated! But fun!
Finished my first book for the #polymathreadingchallenge on the history of music! I picked One, Two, Three, Four : The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown which was a fascinating read!
Reviewed here:
https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2025/01/one-two-three-four-beatles-in-time-by.html
Nunca hice mi #introduccion / #presentacion. Así que, aquí va: me gustan los juegos de mesa, mi favorito es So Clover! Soy medio adicto al Rocket League, aunque me quedé en champ. Me gustan las matemáticas, tengo la meta de leer y resolver todos los libros de matemáticas que tengo. Juega basket los Domingos, soy malo, pero lo disfruto.
En la actualidad estoy llenando mi solicitud para ingresar a la maestría, tengo la intención de correr medio maratón, hacer 4 reps de 10 dominadas y me uní al #polymathreadingchallenge (aunque no creo leer los 12 libros).
Saludos a la tan amiable banda mastodonte.
i need to sit down and do research on which books to read for #PolymathReadingChallenge
does anyone have any recommendations?
@TarkabarkaHolgy Please hit me with a topic! #PolymathReadingChallenge
For the non esperantists
I'm taking part in the #polymathreadingchallenge and I was given the category Fungi. My library is an unusual place & I found this from 1884. One chapter is titled parasitic Fungi, so I think it counts
#krokodil
Do mi partoprenas en #polymathreadingchallenge kaj mi ricevis la kategorion "Fungi" (fungoj). Ankaŭ mi estas membro de stranga biblioteko. Mi elektis malnovan libron por tio.
Jen (el 1884)
#bookstodon #esperanto
#PolymathReadingChallenge Book 2 (Category is: 17th-18th century)
I was worried at first that this would be a sad read, but it was truly fascinating. A Dutch sea captain brought a tame Indian rhino named Clara to Europe, and toured the entire continent with her for 20 years. She didn't only become the first well-known example of her species - but also the subject of the first viral marketing campaign in history.
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