Viviamo in un operiodo storico in cui scienza e ragione sono sotto attacco su piu' fronti. Questo libro, seguendo la storia delle ossa di Cartesio ci riporta indietro di alcuni secoli aiutandoci a riscoprire il valore della ragione. La lenta e sofferta accettazione delle idee di Cartesio ci ricorda che molte delle posizioni che diamo per scontate e siamo disponibili a barattare in nome di un presunto rispetto della diversita' o della tolleranza sono state difficili conquiste che hanno richiesto secoli di maturazione e lotte (non solo accademiche). Il messaggio di questo volume e' che la ragione e la scienza sono i fondamenti della societa' occidentale moderna e come tali andrebbero risonosciuti e difesi.
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folini rated Atheist Manifesto: 4 stars

Michel Onfray: Atheist Manifesto (2007, Arcade Publishing)
Atheist Manifesto by Michel Onfray
Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam (French: Traité d'athéologie) is a 2005 book by French author Michel …
folini rated Clipper programming guide: 4 stars

Clipper programming guide by Rick Spence (The Data based advisor series)
folini rated La scomparsa di Majorana: 3 stars

La scomparsa di Majorana by Leonardo Sciascia (Fabula)
«Oggetto: Scomparsa (con proposito di suicidio) del Prof. Ettore Majorana». Un documento di polizia per aprire le indagini su uno …
folini rated Bar Sport Duemila (Universale Economica): 4 stars
folini rated Professional Visual Basic 6 Web Programming: 2 stars

Professional Visual Basic 6 Web Programming by Thearon Willis, Jerry Ablan, Matt Brown, and 11 others
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folini rated The art of Dale Chihuly: 3 stars
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folini reviewed Microformats by John Allsopp
Review of 'Microformats' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Microformats are a great idea with a not so great implementation (IMHO). This book tries to explain what microformats are and how to use them. But John Allsopp keep getting lost in all sort of marginal details without never going to the point. The book is missing: (1) a chapter with a clear syntax for the most common microformats, (2) a perspective view of the evolution of MF and their relevance for the web and the final users. John waste pages and pages explaining all sort of irrelevant details such as how to make a frame with rounded corners using CSS (BTW showing us a very obsolete technique) and similar off-topics. The impression is of an author working with the main concern of generating enough pages not to invalidate the contract with the publisher.