This short interview with Howard Rheingold was recorded after he gave the keynote speech at the Internet Librarian 2008 conference. His comments on the future of libraries are interesting.
Internet Librarian 2008: Howard Rheingold from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.
Last year Sharon Lee and Steve Miller tried an experiment of writing a draft of a new book set in their Liaden Universe online. The put a new chapter up each week with some weeks missed for various reasons. I really enjoyed reading it and when Baen published all their earlier Liaden books [...]
I found this book very easy to read despite the complicated ideas it covers. The author has succeeded in making it an entertaining and accessible book.
It gives a good overview of quantum physics both from a historical perspective and the implications quantum physics has for our understanding of the world.
It doesn’t attempt [...]