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The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
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Thanks so much for the review, Linda. Glad that you enjoyed the book!
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Thanks for the review! Really glad to hear that you're picking up a notebook. (And, not sure if you missed it, but there is a Notes & References secti
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"3.5, rounded down. Would have benefitted form an annotated bibliography and an editor with a better eye for grammatical errors. Also inconsistent anglicization of names (why change Michalli da Ruoda to Michael of Rhodes when you can just as easily ch"
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"Ideas on how and why access to cheap paper change the way people think and innovate."
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“Leonardo knew that the best way to look at something analytically is to draw it. Water fascinated him, so he drew”
― The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
― The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
“And take a note… with slight strokes in a little book that you should always carry with you… preserved with great care; for the forms, and positions of objects are so infinite that the memory is incapable of retaining them, wherefore keep these sketches as your guides and masters.”
― The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
― The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
“People who are under stress, who are worried about stuff – that’s taking up their working memory,’ he tells me. ‘They’re not paying attention to what they’re doing, where they are going, so they’re more likely to have injuries, or do poorly on tests, and so forth.”
― The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
― The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
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