[escepticos] RE Libros (Remo)

[Jose Ramón Brox <ambroxius@xxxxxxxx>]

Buenos días:

El problema con los libros en español que me comentas es que tengo que pedirlos a alguna 
librería de aquí y los gastos de envío no compensan la pequeña diferencia con respecto al 
precio de EEUU, además están prácticamente descatalogados.

Respecto al libro de Bryson, fue uno de los que me estuve pensando, pero el comentario de 
un lector me hizo decidir no comprarlo:

"I read an interview with Bryson in New Scientist not long ago in which he admitted that 
he really didn't understand a lot of what all these scientists were telling him, and 
unfortunately that's all too clear in reading this book. As a consequence Bryson gives you 
a good deal of infomation peppered with some really horrid misunderstandings and errors. 
I'm reminded in reading "A Short History" of Bryson's book on language, in which he either 
repeats or invents any number of terribly inaccurate folk etymologies. Also a very 
readable but terribly inaccurate tome. He's great fun to read on personalities (although 
the accuracy of some of his characterizations is suspect) and he does have an ear for 
fascinating trivia, but science takes a back seat to all of this. All too often we get the 
beginning of an explanation that trails off into a "and anyways it's all very complicated 
but it's just fascinating" sort of gee-whiz summary. One suspect that we've just reached 
the point where Bryson has either lost the thread of understanding or perhaps just decided 
that he doesn't care to understand something any further.
As enjoyable as Bryson can be to read, I only wish he'd had his manuscript vetted by 
editors with a solid science background, or better yet, collaboraated with a scientist on 
the writing. As it is, I can't really recommend this book. The reader interested in how 
science has shaped the world would do far better to read James Burke's justly 
well-regarded "Connections"."

Conociéndome como me conozco, probablemente al terminar el libro yo piense lo mismo que 
este lector. ¿Te ves capaz de defenderlo de tales acusaciones?

Gracias por los comentarios. Jose


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Remo Tamayo" <remo.tamayo@xxxxxx>
To: <escepticos@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [escepticos] Libros


que yo sepa, el 24 y el 26 los tienes en español. A lo mejor te salen
más baratos. Por lo demás, parece que te espera una laaarga sesión de
lectura...

24: La Ciencia: Lo buano, lo malo y los falso. Alianza editorial
(bolsillo), nº 1366
26: ¿Tenían ombligo Adán y Eva? Editorial Debols!llo, Ensayo-Ciencia nº 8

Y sí, debo añadir uno. "Una breve historia de casi todo", de Bill
Bryson. Soberbio, por si no lo has leido. El mejor. La traducción es
defectuosa, el inglés es "A short history about nearly everything".

Saludos

Remo