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: Nicholas (nwhyte) wrote,
2011-06-26 17:32:00

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nwhyte
2011-06-26 17:32:00

June Books 27) Questioning the Millennium, by Stephen Jay Gould

A brief and reflective book by Gould, on the coming millennium as seen from 1997. He makes the entirely fair point that the year 2000 is a rather arbitrary human construct in the first place, and quotes approvingly his autistic son's ruling on whether or not the new century begins in 2000 or 2001: "In 2000, of course. The first decade had only nine years." Nothing much new for me but Gould as ever tells it well.

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June Books 27) Questioning the Millennium, by Stephen Jay Gould

January 2011 books

Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution, by Stephen Zunes and Jacob Mundy

Hugely important European court ruling on Western Sahara

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