Book Review: TimeWise

  

Do you like fictional novels with a scientific twist?

If so you may like TimeWise, which concerns a young boy who has been orphaned and seems disaffected.

When he moves to a new school he meets Regina who is a teacher there and teaching physics.  She is 35 at the time.  However, somehow he finds himself strangely attracted to her.  She is very beautiful.

They form a friendship that remains platonic but seems one of deep love.  She supports him and offers to pay his school fees if he takes lessons here and gains good grades.

Why should he refuse?

Thereafter, these two have regular meetings to teach and learn physics.

At times he sees Regina as slightly crazy.  There seems to be more to her than she lets on.

However, after going to University and having sons failed love affairs and a marriage that does not last because of jealousy over Regina, he ends up back to help her again.

However, what was the past of Regina, and what is it that she will do now?

What will she teach him about physics in the end?

The book was an interesting read and had an enjoyable plot.  I did enjoy the ending.  There were some mysterious answers that we never seem to get an answer to.  However, it did help me to understand physics better.

The main character did seem a bit lonely however and it seems that his broken relationships and those around him are getting on with their lives while he remains basically in the same place.

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Book Review: Mysteries of the First Instance

This is another of the theology and science books written by Daniel Friedman.

It concerns, like the previous one, the beginnings of the Universe and what science has not been able to explain but scripture has.

What about the Big Bang?  Was there a Big Bang?

What does science say?  What about physics?

Does scripture agree?

The book also mentions the story of Genesis and Adam and Eve, however as usual the writers make things seem more scientific than we usually hear.

It was very interesting to read the philosophical debates concerning time according to science compared to scripture, religion, and the understanding of Rabbis.

The debates concerning physics were interesting and I would be more interested to read about such subjects in the future.

These books demonstrate that there is far more to scripture than people first assume and that there is no contradiction between science and religion.

Perhaps science needs scripture to come to the correct conclusions.

You can read my review from the online book club here:

https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=186878

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Book Review: The Biblical Clock

 This is a book written by a Jewish writer concerning how the Bible and science attempt to explain the beginnings of creation.

You can see my review from the online book club here:

https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=179382

You can find a link to the book on Amazon here:

This book is written by a Jewish author, which made it interesting for me to read.  I was not expecting the Jewish Rabbis and scholars to have gone into as much effort to understand the world and beginning of creation.

The book is evidence that there is no real problem between science and religion, and that in previous centuries many religious scholars were scientists themselves.

What is more interesting is that for people who think that religions such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam believe in literal and unscientific interpretations of scripture this is not true.

I had thought that most Jews and even Christians accepted the idea that the world was created in six days literally.  However, it is now apparent that this is not something literal and according to mathematical calculations the world would be billions of years old.

They hold it to be older than the claims of modern science.  Time, however, is different to God and one day is like a thousand years to Him.

Such things are very interesting because not only was the book intellectual and deep but it seemed to hold similar ideas to Islam.

The idea that a day for God is like a thousand years for a human being is similarly found in Islam.

It seems that Kabbalah, the more spiritual type of Judaism, has some similarities with Islam.

It also has more intellectual, deep interpretations and scientific debates with scripture that I have heard previously from people who would be called creationists and written off.

Therefore, I felt the book was an insightful and interesting read for all the world religions and backgrounds.

Especially people who have an interest in the relationship between science and religion, as well as theology or Kabbalah may enjoy the book.

Review: The New Eugenics

 

Are we being deceived by scientists?  Are they trying to control humanity without peoples awareness?  Are there things we should know about?

Please read the official review I wrote of this book on the online book club:

https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=179380

You can find The New Eugenics on Amazon here:

The author needs to be commended for writing a book that the public needs to know about.

Do scientists inform the public about their plans to alter things and change the world?

Most of what goes on seem to agree between themselves.

It is good that we have scientists who at least give us some idea of what they are planning.

The writer discusses issues such as cloning, altering genes and designer babies and interfering with DNA.

It seems that scientists are thinking that there is no limit to what they can do.

I chose to read and review this book at the beginning of the coronavirus catastrophe, which has not ended yet.

I was hoping the writer would inform us more about the virus and whether scientists did design it or not.

Although he does not speak about such things, except very briefly, he does mention interfering with viruses in general.

I do think it is important for people to know what is going on in the world and should know about the kind of things that scientists get involved in.

As well as the things that they should not.

There are ethical and moral issues that should be addressed.

I would have liked to know more about such things but the book covered enough to provide a general idea.

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Review of Health Tips, Myths and Tricks

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If you are interested in debunking some of the myths and claims of health gurus that have not been backed up by science, then you might like to read this book.

You can read the review I wrote for the Online Book Club here:

https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=199804

You can find the book on Amazon here if you wish to purchase it or find out more:

The book was well written and the writer is certainly not ignorant of issues of healthcare since he is a retired physician.

He did open my eyes and made me think more about how to know if something is proven or not.

He gives evidence, or signs, that something is not truly tested or scientific and says how wording often gives it away.

Some things perhaps we should question ourselves.  How can snake oil that may kill people, cure others?

He encourages the reader to be careful about believing every claim that something is a cure when it's not fully tried or tested.

However, the main thing that I found in disagreement with the author were his claims that only things tested through standard methods of science are true.

While testing things are important, we know that not everything that scientists test are necessarily correct.  There are issues with how tests are carried out, sampling sizes, biases and other variables.

For this reason, scientists can re-do tests and find different answers, find different results in general, or reach different conclusions.

Such an approach is not infallible

On the other hand, if enough people have found that something benefits them is that not enough evidence that it will most likely benefit others?

In the past, people did use the method of trial and error and they tested things in this way.

For this reason, there are recordings of peoples such as Hippocrates and Galen who had good medical knowledge, yet they did not follow the modern scientific methods.

It was based on tradition and knowledge passed down

Isn't this still knowledge?

Isn't the experience that they have with using certain treatments in the end tested, although not in a laboratory?

So I think the idea of something not being tested is too narrow.

Also, so long as a product does not promise a cure and does no harm then people should have the right to choose and try things themselves.

Therefore, this book did seem to be against any natural or unconventional method of treatmsng, which had politely been called "quackery."

Therefore, the book is an enlightening read but probably will lead and to decide, are they with the conventional method of medicine or the alternative and natural method?

The author does not seem to hold that you can be both.

Book Review: Surviving the Business of Healthcare

 Please see the review I wrote of the above book on the Online Book Club, how many stars I gave it and why.

I would love to hear your comments and if you found the review helpful:

https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=188266

You are ordering the book on Amazon through this link here:

Is healthcare becoming a business?  Do you agree with this statement?

The author of the book is from a family of physicians.  Her father was a doctor and set up his clinic.

The author was also working in the medical field.

What has changed, however?

It seems that in her fathers day doctors entered into medicine because they wanted to help people.

People like her father went to visit people in their homes for a small fee.

They understood that they were offering a service.

Caring for others can take up most of their time.

It seems that the author did not consider going to a doctor herself as she was too busy looking after patients.

She later found she had cancer and so was on the receiving end of treatment.

So, this is her conclusion after looking after client's and being a client herself, that healthcare is lacking true care in our times.

It is being run like a business, with high fees, people looking for status and more money with little concern for the patients.

This is not the first time I have read such claims.  In fact, in another book, I read about the importance of love in health care.

Love, and sincerely wishing the patient to get better were practices of the past and older generations.

We have now developed generations that are not encouraged or taught to the love and care that they previously were.

Unfortunately, the lack of care in health care is ironic since it was once a caring profession.

However, the author addresses these issues but provides advice about how to get by and work with the current system of healthcare that we have.

She advises about the system and covers financial issues and how to afford healthcare and treatment and the different financial options.

This is a good book for people wanting to understand and get the most out of the current healthcare system.

She is of course based in America, but much of what she says could be applied to other places.

If you are interested in purchasing the book, here is the link:

Book Review: Manifesto for a Cancer Patient

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The above book I reviewed in pdf format and you can read the review at the link below in the online book club.

  https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=196967

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 Cancer is quite common unfortunately nowadays.

 It has increased in recent years, perhaps due to the increased levels of stress, pollution and various unnatural things that we are exposed to daily

For these reasons, it is good for people to have some idea about cancer and its causes, as well as the different treatments available and their effectiveness.

 If you are offered chemotherapy, for example, you want to know if it's going to help you in the long run. 

 You don't want to make things worse.

 Is there a special diet or lifestyle change you should make? 

 Maybe you need to consider this as well and its effectiveness. 

 This book covers some of the issues mentioned above.

 The author, a physician, does prefer natural treatments and has her way of testing her method and dietary guidelines. 

 She does not agree with the standard methods for cancer treatment. 

 To find out why you should read the book. 

 You can find out what I rated the book through the above link.

Please do share your thoughts and comments here or on the online book club site.