Mrs. Enginerd - Nerd Whisperer
Subliminal, How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior, by Leonard Mlodinow is a fabulous exploration of our subconscious mind and how it drives us. Amazingly, a lot of people are quick to dismiss the power of suggestions and hidden messages because they don’t understand that our brains process information even when we aren’t consciously aware. […]
Like Nando, I wish I knew more words that could help me describe the epic novel my friend Gabino Iglesias has gifted to the world. For many years I have been wondering if a Spanglish masterpiece could ever be penned and this book is proof it can be accomplished. If Gabriel García Márquez was alive […]
Have you ever had a moment when you were so concentrated and in the zone that time flew by without you noticing it? A time when you felt an all engrossing rush of fulfillment and utter excitement? Do you know what triggers those moments? According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the cause for our experience is a […]
As an avid reader of DC Comics, Wonder Woman became my favorite super hero, and as the most successful woman in comic book history, I was surprised to learn very few books were available on the subject of her genesis and rise to popularity. To me, it was no secret that Wonder Woman was a […]
Believe it or not, this is the first book I have read about a woman in engineering so my expectations were perhaps a bit too high. Donna Shirley, once the manager of the California Institute of Technology’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is a renowned aerospace and mechanical engineer credited for leading the Mars exploration project that […]
When I saw this book at the Amazon Books store at the University Village in Seattle, I couldn’t believe my luck. The 20 sided die, 1d20, my favorite polyhedral, was featured in the cover and the subtitle made me wonder if the experience of playing a D&D campaign could be captured in 285 pages. Magically, […]
Amazon opened a brick and mortar store in the area where I live and originally, I had very little interest in checking out their set up. I didn’t see a reason to cheat on Barnes and Noble which is way closer to my home when lo and behold, one of my friends posted a link […]
Malcolm Gladwell explores the art of battling giants explaining the strengths of being an underdog and the weaknesses of not considering the limits of authority. To present a cohesive argument, he uses examples to argue both sides of each coin, using each part of the book to conduct in depth discussions of the psychology of […]
After reading and watching The Martian, I couldn’t help but pick up this item at my local Barnes and Noble store. It seems space travel and related subjects, like The Astronauts Wives Club book and series of the same name, are becoming popular again and can be found everywhere books are sold. Maybe recent proclamations […]
Lately, I have been playing horror and mystery video games that explore the dark side of humanity. What happens after death? Why are people cruel and mean to each other? How do humans cope with loss? Room, by Emma Donoghue, presented a rare opportunity to answer these and many other questions. Ma, trapped in an […]
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