DJ Strouse

My Goodreads Rating: 2 of 5 stars
The bits on doing physics are interesting; the bits on picking up aging tigers in shady New York bars, not so much.
This book will likely appeal far more to science fanboys and groupies rather than scientists themselves. The goal of the book seems mostly to convince lay people [...]

My Goodreads Review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
A concise picture of Isaac Newton that avoids the two extremes of scientist biographies that tend to turn people off: (1) the middle school gossip approach that focuses primarily on rivalries and sexcapades and (2) the rigorous and mathtastic summary of the scientist’s major papers. This is not [...]

My Goodreads Review
rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book must have perplexed ancient librarians trying to categorize it under the Dewey decimal system. Weaving scientific philosophy, Socratic philosophy, motorcycle engine mechanics, a polemic against the university model, and a travel story, Pirsig created a truly unique novel.
Though I didn’t find Pirsig’s main thesis on a [...]