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1,091 Books 16 Collections 135 Reviews 9 Recommendations

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Joined: May 31, 2008

About My Library

The library consists of books that I have read at least partially and found useful and/or entertaining. I own many of them, some at home, some at the office, but I also list books I borrowed from the public library or owned in the past.

My ratings roughly mean: Excellent (5 stars), Very Good (4 stars), Good (3.5 stars), Serviceable (3 stars), Bad (2 stars), Atrocious (1 star),.. and everything in between.

About Me

Physics professor, originally from Germany. Interested in all of science, especially physics, biology and geology. But also history, philosophy, religion, literature, music etc.

"It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth."
-- Peter Abelard, scholastic philosopher

And in the category of "Yeah, right!":