Jorge Medrano's Profile

"Retired physicist"

Location:: Houston, TX USA

Reviewer Rank:: 64,614

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Nickname:: walter_c
Birthday:: 3/14

In my own words: I live in Houston, TX. I am a lover of serious non-fiction (mainly Politics and Philophy) and scientific books (mainly Math and Physics), and classical music. Professionally, I work as a systems analyst, specially in the area of databases (SQL Server and Access) I have been a customer of Amazon.com for many years now.

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June 24

Geopolitics, Geography and Strategy (Journal of Strategic Studies) by Colin S. Gray was added to Jorge Medrano's Wish List.

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The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Courageous description of a sad reality, May 27, 2008

This lady Jacoby undoubtedly has a very solid education and erudition, and she can think rationally. I agree with 99% of what she says in the book. Some minor disagreements are, for me - she uses the word "amorphous spirituality" in a derogatory sense. I believe that spirituality not linked to any... Read More

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	Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (FSG Classics) by Jostein Gaarder, Paulette Moller Jorge's tags: philosophy Customer tags: philosophy (12), literature (4), philosophy book (3), fiction (2), good one (2), See all 9 tags...

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	The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam by Barbara W. Tuchman Jorge's tags: geopolitics, history Customer tags: world history (7), modern history (5), geopolitics (4), history (4), barbara w tuchman (3), See all 19 tags...