© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-Hypotenuse Recent reviews written by member Hypotenuse en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_394674343556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - ***No Spoilers*** The line stretched across the shopping center and I, of course, was last. Having waited two years for the conclusion of the adventures of The Boy Who Lived, I figured I could live with waiting an extra few minutes in comfort. So I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~394674343556 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:15:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_394674343556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_378742083204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - How do you read non-fiction? Not - How can you read that dreck? But more along the lines of - In what manner do you read non-fiction? I normally read a book through twice. I read once at the speed of light, as I am dying to get through to the end,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~378742083204 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:06:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_378742083204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_250614550148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - "My turn!" "Nuh uh! My turn!" "No way! My turn!" "Nope, you had it for 2 hours and 39 minutes yesterday, and I only had it for 2 hours and 27 minutes, so you owe me 12 minutes before you get on it this time&#133." Okay, so we&#146re... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~250614550148 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:10:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_250614550148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_155053297284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - Tonight we are exploring the country of Chile, pronounced Chee-lay, not chilly. Although, as we are exploring this country via the Santa Rita winery located south of Santiago in the Rapel Valley, after a few tastings it probably will not matter exactly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~155053297284 Sun, 12 Sep 2004 00:29:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_155053297284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_149298122372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - Cracked teats after the last calving? Have I got a product for you! Required Ingredients List (directly from container): Allantoin, Dimethicone, Lanolin Oil, and Propylene Glycol in an Emollient Base Required Directions (directly from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~149298122372 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 03:27:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_149298122372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_83571084932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - I remember my first rock. Not the first rock with which I&#146d ever made contact. As a child I&#146d spent many an hour skipping stones, trying for that perfect throw; playing hopscotch, reaching for a rock on that number ten square; and even time... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~83571084932 Fri, 13 Dec 2002 03:32:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_83571084932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_80987197060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - When you speak of biological evolution, the factions come in many shapes and sizes. There are systematists, who watch mutation along the outskirts of a species; saltatarians, who track the jumps and spurts of mutation in regards to catastrophism;... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~80987197060 Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:25:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_80987197060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_64397086340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - Do you use smilies? Yes, I&#146m speaking of smilies, those small but essential characters that add character to our writing. They add sly winks to our words, huge grins to our bragging, and even allow us tears in our sorrow. Perhaps you do, perhaps... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~64397086340 Sat, 18 May 2002 20:32:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_64397086340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_25166319236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - Your manner in approaching an idea is important. I&#146m not speaking of leaning one way or another in whether or not you accept an idea. It&#146s the attitude that any idea is understandable once dissected and digested. In Climbing Mount... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~25166319236 Sat, 2 Jun 2001 03:50:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_25166319236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_9680424580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - After the 1859 publication of Charles Darwin&#146s Origin of Species a considerable span of time passed before an agreement could be reached concerning the methods of natural selection and variation. By the mid-to-late 1940&#146s a consensus,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~9680424580 Sun, 18 Feb 2001 06:46:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_9680424580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-1A23-3A188394-3A1AF912-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - In The Red Queen Matt Ridley asks the question &#150 Why sex? Why do some species reproduce sexually while others do not? What is it about sex that is so important to certain species? And why do we have two genders? We could have three, four, or... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~733221 Tue, 21 Nov 2000 19:48:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-1A23-3A188394-3A1AF912-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-4538-397D2FF-397F2FB3-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - Richard Dawkins is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. Endowed in 1995 by Charles Simonyi of Microsoft, Dawkins is the first appointee to this chair. In my opinion it would be hard to find anyone... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~963156 Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:58:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-4538-397D2FF-397F2FB3-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-8FA-79FD5E9-395CFDBB-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - T.rex and the Crater of Doom, by Walter Alvarez, is the fascinating tale of the search for the cause of the KT extinctions. Told as a detective story, complete with a large cast of characters, widely ranging locations, and a few red herrings, this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~966468 Fri, 30 Jun 2000 17:09:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-8FA-79FD5E9-395CFDBB-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-46FB-61D85DF-393A98B2-prod5?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - But I canna change the laws of physics, Captain! (Scotty, to Kirk, innumerable times) Lawrence Krauss begins his exploration of The Physics of Star Trek in a humorous tone which determines the attitude of this work. As you will see, the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~969869 Sun, 4 Jun 2000 15:07:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-46FB-61D85DF-393A98B2-prod5?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-6226-9F106EC-392CA57E-prod1?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - Eric J. Lerner has an undergraduate degree in physics from Columbia University. He is a writer, having received the Award of Excellence from the Aviation/Space Writer&#146s Association. With The Big Bang Never Happened, Lerner presents the basics... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~971144 Thu, 25 May 2000 01:14:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-6226-9F106EC-392CA57E-prod1?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-2B7D-5F75D9-3905C3AA-prod1?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - Who&#146s Afraid of Human Cloning? by Gregory E. Pence takes all those gut feelings involved in stating cloning humans is just plain wrong out of our intestinal tract and places them where they belong, in the brain, for examination. The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~974748 Tue, 25 Apr 2000 13:15:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-2B7D-5F75D9-3905C3AA-prod1?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-6B7D-E8B2DCE-39014440-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock is a dubious illustration of pseudo-science at its worst. Within these 578 pages you will find prime examples of the most common fallacies of logic and rhetoric. The list is endless, but we&#146ll start... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~975221 Sat, 22 Apr 2000 03:25:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-6B7D-E8B2DCE-39014440-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-22D7-1348194A-38F9FDBE-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - This book was published in the year of 1999, during a time when Austin Powers ROCKS! Visit any mall or school, or simply turn on your TV set. You will find that bellbottomed jeans and psychedelic patterned, mid-drift exposing tees are the mandated... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~976046 Sun, 16 Apr 2000 15:13:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-22D7-1348194A-38F9FDBE-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-276F-A2E69DD-38F61964-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - What disaster destroyed to the mammoth? The saber-toothed tiger? Who, or what, killed the moa? Can we blame the weather? Changing environment? Simple evolutionary turnover? Or can we place this devastation right on the doorstep of the migrating mass of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~976456 Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:05:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-276F-A2E69DD-38F61964-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-7200-EA815AB-38EE201B-prod4?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - Admittedly, my expectations for Impact! The Threat of Comets & Asteroids by Gerrit L. Verschuur were not high. I had checked this book out of my local library anticipating an amusing session of muttered catcalls as I perused yet another... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~977363 Fri, 7 Apr 2000 15:05:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-7200-EA815AB-38EE201B-prod4?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-306E-A21938C-38E4CD41-prod5?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - I would love to believe that Atlantis has finally been found. Who wouldn&#146t? The legend is one that sparks the imagination of all. I have read some really fascinating works of fiction on this subject. To my dismay When the Sky Fell: In Search... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~978342 Fri, 31 Mar 2000 13:24:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-306E-A21938C-38E4CD41-prod5?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-684F-2648825-38E2292A-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - Stephen Jay Gould writes of the exploration of the Burgess Shale &#150 &#147The human story of discovery and interpretation, spanning almost eighty years, is wonderful, in the strong literal sense of that much-abused word.&#148 In Wonderful Life: The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~978593 Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:26:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-684F-2648825-38E2292A-prod6?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-7BE0-7D60806-38DCB0F7-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - Thought Contagion: How Belief Spreads Through Society is the 1996 work on memetics by Aaron Lynch. A former Fermilab engineering physicist, Lynch has devoted his time to exploring this new field of social science. According to the author,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~979071 Sat, 25 Mar 2000 09:33:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-7BE0-7D60806-38DCB0F7-prod3?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-4B29-44C2A00-38D5DE50-prod5?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - In 1998 John McPhee won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction. His book, Annals of the Former World, is a masterpiece of narrative literature. Twenty years in the crafting, this work spans the North American continent, as well as the lives of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~979743 Mon, 20 Mar 2000 05:19:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-4B29-44C2A00-38D5DE50-prod5?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/book-review-4773-23610FC-38C38ABF-prod9?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Hypotenuse - Hidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race details a ponderous listing by Michael Cremo and Richard Thompson of the evidences for the evolutionary development of man in antiquity, the more accepted 100,000 year time frame, and the assumption... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~981326 Mon, 6 Mar 2000 07:44:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/book-review-4773-23610FC-38C38ABF-prod9?linkin_id=8003929