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What <i>Should</i> You Be Reading?

Posted March 14, 2009 7:59 AM

Reading really is good for you, and not as passive a pastime as you might think. A brain-imaging study conducted at Washington University, MO, used functional magnetic resonance imaging to track brain activity as subjects read short stories. Activity in different brain regions increased depending on what was going on in the story. Observations indicate that mental simulations performed while reading function like skilled practice. (If I read a few higher math texts, will I 'get' Riemann's Hypothesis?) What should you be reading to improve certain skills? Trade journals? Financial news? Love stories?

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03/14/2009 10:11 AM

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03/15/2009 1:51 AM

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03/16/2009 10:50 AM

I recently bought a Kindle (original not the 2) and have been exploring science fiction classics, especially since they are mostly free. Ala Jules Verne.

I'm currently reading Mary Shelley's "The Last Man", published in 1826. An interesting post apocalypse story. WOW!!! It's hard reading the prose style used back then. It really makes you concentrate, and, thank goodness the Kindle has online access to dictionaries and other reference material.

I never thought I'd be adding to my vocabulary after exceeding 60 years, but I am.

Sooooooooooooo, to stay on topic; any classic science fiction, pre-pulp magazine style.

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03/16/2009 11:42 AM

I recently read reprints of EE Doc Smith - Skylark and Lensmen series - pure escapism!

Occupationally - digging down into stacks of Advisory Circulars and RTCA specs trying to get to the bottom of overlapping, interlocked regulatory requirements.

Tried Footfall from Niven/Pournelle and just no patience for it. Perhaps the wrong time.

Reading some of the references on Tesla the over-unity crowd loves. Gotta say if the man had written more down he would be more famous.

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