Very Interesting Readings

(Courtesy of Boingboing) 

The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram


From the book jacket:

The sole and definitive biography of one of the 20th century's most influential and controversial psychologists. The creator of the famous "Obedience Experiments," carried out at Yale in the 1960s, and originator of the "six degrees of separation" concept, Stanley Milgram was one of the most innovative scientists of our time. In this sparkling biography--the first in-depth portrait of Milgram--Thomas Blass captures the colorful personality and pioneering work of a social psychologist who profoundly altered the way we think about human nature.

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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

From Publisher's Weekly

Employing a chatty tone that ranges from pleasant rant to gentle lecture to bemused dismay, (Lynne) Truss dissects common errors that grammar mavens have long deplored (often, as she readily points out, in isolation) and makes elegant arguments for increased attention to punctuation correctness: "without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning."

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