Ruthless incredibly patriotic American saves the nation by breaking every rule and using back door access to the Oval Office and above. Haven't I read this before about ten times by fifteen different authors?
September 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Supercrunchers by Ian Ayres
At the risk of oversimplifying, this book is about data mining, unless that is just taken as being retrospective. Prospective randomization is "data mining" made possible by automating with computers.
There are multitudes of applications and we are already subjects of scrutiny. Some of this is for our good and some exploits us. We are being watched as surely as a video camera but behind the scenes, computers watching every transaction.
September 2008
There are multitudes of applications and we are already subjects of scrutiny. Some of this is for our good and some exploits us. We are being watched as surely as a video camera but behind the scenes, computers watching every transaction.
September 2008
Dropsy, Dialysis, Transplant: A Short History of Failing Kidneys by Steven J. Peitzman
The author of this excellent book has done a wonderful, difficult thing. He has written about a complicated subject in a way that interests the amateur physiologist yet doesn't disappoint the professional. As one who treats kidney disease on a daily basis I found this book deep and insightful. My father, who has been a kidney patient, enjoyed the book as well.
The historical review of kidney disease is the thread that holds the story together. Dr. Bright is a towering presence even today. Transplants and dialysis when kidney function fails. There is still much to learn, like what is uremia?
September 2008
The historical review of kidney disease is the thread that holds the story together. Dr. Bright is a towering presence even today. Transplants and dialysis when kidney function fails. There is still much to learn, like what is uremia?
September 2008
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