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You might also be interested in my booklists from from 2014, 2016, 2017,  2018,  2019,  2020, 2021,  2022, 2023, and 2024. A Farewell to Alms The Journey of William of Rubruck Pavane Quartered Safe Out Here With the Old Breed The Dying Earth The Histories – … Continue reading →

The “carnivore guild’ is an ecological concept describing a group of carnivorous species that harvest the same prey species, or at least have considerable overlap. They compete for prey, but they also compete more directly with each other, by attacking … Continue reading →

You might also be interested in my booklists from from 2014, 2016, 2017,  2018,  2019,  2020, 2021,  2022, and 2023. Undersea Victory In the Shadow of Man A Short History of Medicine Helicobacter Pioneers Past Master The Merck Manual A New Voyage Round the World Russia … Continue reading →

You might also be interested in my booklists from from 2014, 2016, 2017,  2018,  2019,  2020, 2021, and 2022. The Balance of Tomorrow Stirling’s Desert Raiders Among the Elephants Adventures of a Mathematician Sociobiology States of Matter Parkinson’s Law Brothers in Arms Muqaddimah Admiral of … Continue reading →

You might also be interested in my booklists from from 2014, 2016, 2017,  2018,  2019,  2020, and 2021. Defeat into Victory Natural Selection: Domains, Levels, and Challenges Go Tell The Spartans Don Quixote A Fire Upon the Deep A Deepness in the Sky Scientists Against … Continue reading →

Montezuma, Atahualpa, Santa Ana

Georgy Flerov was a young nuclear physicist in the Soviet Union who ( in 1943) sent a letter to Stalin advocating an atomic bomb project. It is not clear that Stalin read that letter, but one of Flerov’s arguments was … Continue reading →

By which I mean multi-step causal chains that are part of a complex plan – something intended by some individual or group. In the strong form, one for which the initial push is sufficient, so that the ball ends up … Continue reading →

I don’t think the story is perfectly clear right now. But suppose it becomes clear. Suppose that we find that Covid-19 was ( for sure) the accidental product of virologists working in a Wuhan lab, funded by the US government. … Continue reading →

I’ve been reading Thin on the Ground, a book by Stephen Churchill. One of his ideas is based on the fact some predator species are dominant over others and get the lion’s share (cough, cough) of the kills. Lions frequently … Continue reading →