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terça-feira, 9 de abril de 2019

1dd vou memorizar...

Técnicas de memorização:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/smarter-living/train-your-brain-like-a-memory-champion.html

sexta-feira, 23 de fevereiro de 2018

terça-feira, 21 de fevereiro de 2017

Um dia destes vou ler "If our bodies could talk"

http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385540971

Citando:
"If you want to understand the strange workings of the human body, and the future of medicine, you must read this illuminating, engaging book." --SiddharthaMukherjeeauthor of The Gene

In 2014, James Hamblin launched a series of videos for The Atlantic called "If Our Bodies Could Talk." With it, the doctor-turned-journalist established himself as a seriously entertaining authority in the field of health. Now, in illuminating and genuinely funny prose, Hamblin explores the human stories behind health questions that never seem to go away--and which tend to be mischaracterized and oversimplified by marketing and news media. He covers topics such as sleep, aging, diet, and much more: 
- Can I "boost" my immune system?
- Does caffeine make me live longer?
- Do we still not know if cell phones cause cancer?
- How much sleep do I actually need?
- Is there any harm in taking a multivitamin?
- Is life long enough? 
In considering these questions, Hamblin draws from his own medical training as well from hundreds of interviews with distinguished scientists and medical practitioners. He translates the (traditionally boring) textbook of human anatomy and physiology into accessible, engaging, socially contextualized, up-to-the-moment answers. They offer clarity, examine the limits of our certainty, and ultimately help readers worry less about things that don't really matter. 
If Our Bodies Could Talk is a comprehensive, illustrated guide that entertains and educates in equal doses."

quinta-feira, 17 de novembro de 2016

Um dia destes vou saber o significado de Mansplaining (Inglês, 2008)

http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/sweden-has-a-mansplaining-hotline/
Citando:
"The term mansplaining — a portmanteau of “explain” and “man” — entered popular usage after the author and historian Rebecca Solnit published a 2008 essay titled “Men Explain Things to Me.” She described attending a party at which a man insisted on explaining to her a “very important book” he had heard about and did not immediately seem to absorb that she had written the book."

quarta-feira, 16 de novembro de 2016

terça-feira, 11 de outubro de 2016

Um dia destes vou ler estes livros de Domínio Público sobre DP (in English please)

5 free PDF books download, with a common subject: "personal development" and including the famous "How to Win Friends and Influence People":
http://www.marketindex.com.au/books

The audio book of the Dale Carnegie one, for those who like the audio format can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/larry-amos-jr/sets/dale-carnegie-how-to-win

Quoting one of the revised editions:
"How to Win Friends and Influence People was first published in 1937 in an edition of only five thousand copies. Neither Dale Carnegie nor the publishers, Simon and Schuster, anticipated more than this modest sale. To their amazement, the book became an overnight sensation, and edition after edition rolled off the presses to keep up with the increasing public demand. Now to Win Friends and
Influence People took its place in publishing history as one of the all-time international best-sellers. It touched a nerve and filled a human need that was more than a faddish phenomenon of post Depression days, as evidenced by its continued and uninterrupted sales into the eighties, almost half a century later. Dale Carnegie used to say that it was easier to make a million dollars than to put a phrase into the English language. How to Win Friends and Influence People became such a phrase, quoted, paraphrased, parodied, used in innumerable contexts from political cartoon to novels. The book itself was translated into almost every known written language. Each generation has discovered it anew and has found it relevant. "

The last sentence is very true: This book is still for sale in my local FNAC store, for instance.

sexta-feira, 19 de agosto de 2016

Cost Obsessions Around the World

Estudo interessante sobre Cost Obsessions Around the World

Citando;
"Olhando para o mapa é possível perceber que existem interesses comuns a vários pontos do mundo, como cerveja, comida e habitação. No entanto, há ainda espaço para buscas menos convencionais. De acordo com o Fixr, os internautas também estão interessados em saber quanto custa um rim no Irão, uma prostituta no Brasil e até... um escravo na Mauritânia."