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{{A|myth|}}It is said that Children’s author Monica Dickens, on a book tour in Australia in 1964 promoting ''The Room Up

{{g}}A coinage of fabulously argumentative writer {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} in {{br|Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder

...in East Finchley to buy a copy of the gorgeous Folio Society edition of {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}’s {{br|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}} which I sa

These days, a computer, but as {{author|Daniel Dennett}} ably demonstrated, any process which runs an [[algorithm]]

...ks with titles like “how the laws of physics lie” - not exactly from the {{author|Carl Sagan}} playbook, after all. However, despite certain allegations to t ...faculty for expounding difficult concepts — such as that possessed by a {{author|Daniel Dennett}}<ref>A philosopher who otherwise suffers in comparison</ref

...ensible explanation for this book - the Brian May in this case being not {{author|Bram Stoker}}, but his great grand-nephew, Dacre. Perhaps the Stoker litera ...how interested you’d be in “MacBeth II” written by a distant relative of {{author|William Shakespeare}}.

...[boilerplate]], like a [[counterparts]] clause or something — entitles its author to showboat before the deal-team, like a footballer striker’s post-goal [

}}{{author|Roland Ennos}}: {{br|The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Hum ...ve. There is not a human life in history it has not profoundly affected. {{author|Roland Ennos}}’s excellent book asks whether we are not perhaps missing t

...ut out the sex, however joyless and mechanical its depiction may be — is {{author|George Orwell}}’s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.

...Illusion with Reality can be a Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life}}<br>{{author|Emanuel Derman}}<br>''First published on February 22, 2012'' ...e colleague of nobel laureate {{author|Fischer Black}}, co-inventor with {{Author|Myron Scholes}} of the (in)famous [[Black-Scholes option pricing model|Blac

:—{{author|Daniel Dennett}}, ''Free Inquiry'', Fall Issue, 1995.}} ...ur Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies}} by {{author|Marina Mazzucato}}

...it had not even ''occurred'' that they might be worth eating; that you are author of a beneficent new insight which will better illuminate the world.

...e|Structure|jpg|}}}}'''''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions''''' by {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}{{bi}} ...ially confusing continental stalwarts {{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}} and {{author|Ludwig Wittgenstein}} — as representing the fundamental underpinnings of

Named after the fictional species created by {{author|H. G. Wells}} for his 1895 novel, {{br|The Time Machine}}.

...tander Effect: Understanding the Psychology of Courage and Inaction}}<br>{{author|Catherine Sanderson}}<br> It starts out brightly but quickly gets bogged down by its author’s agenda, and goes from the interesting question “why is it that people

{{a|work|}}The hoary old chestnut that underpins {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}’s radical, [[The Structure of Scientific Revolutions|brilli If you read latter-day philosophical whizz-kid {{author|William MacAskill}}’s book {{br|What We Owe The Future}}, a question you

...s, like Richard Feynman, Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham and I dare say, {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} whose singular intelligence, peculiar worldview, re

...by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets}} — {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} ...[[standard deviation]], then, against a mean of four stars, compared to {{author|Leonard Mlodinow}}’s {{br|The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our

...of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage}}<br>{{author|Roger Martin}}<br> ...n of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage}} — {{author|Roger Martin}}<br>

...e clear, for [[passive aggressive]] types: this is simply a reference to {{author|George Orwell}}’s {{br|Nineteen Eighty-Four}}</ref>.