I recently finished reading Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport. I've read his book "So good they can't ignore you" before, and -as I am writing this- am working my way through Deep Work*. While I generally like Newport's books, I…
As every year, I present you with a list of the 10 best books I read over the past year. I don't make a list of the best books of the past year, since I read both recent and not-so-recent…
Some time ago, I was happy to receive a review copy of Karin Bodewits's first novel "You Must Be Very Intelligent" with as subtitle "the PhD Delusion". This book is a hybrid between memoir and work of fiction about Bodewits's…
In "The End of Average", Todd Rose explores how "averagerianism" has impacted our society. In this book, he discusses how companies do better when they look at the individual worker instead of the average worker, and he gives ideas for…
It's time to wrap up the year, and make some end-of-year lists. In made lists with the 10 best books I read in a year in 2014 and 2015, and I'll keep this habit up.I pledged to read 40 books…
Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Christopher McMaster (Ph.D., University of Canterbury). Christopher has taught for over 15 years as a regular and special educator in the United Kingdom, United States, Nicaragua and New Zealand. He co-edited and contributed…
In 2014 I read 105 books. I didn't repeat this feat in 2015, but I still read a fair amount. I took more time to chew through some books I'd wanted to read for a long time, but I didn't…
Recently, I was contacted by a scientist who uses the pseudonym Joseph Helpman to review his book, "How to get a PhD effectively". The subtitle of the book is "The untold time-management secrets of the most successful scientists" and the…
It's time for a book review again - it actually has been too long since I wrote my last book review on PhD Talk. I haven't been reading books related to getting a PhD or PhD research anymore, since I…
Some weeks ago, I laid my hands on my copy of "53 interesting ways to communicate your research". This book is a collection of essays on communicating your research, covering a wide range of strategies for science communication."53 interesting ways…
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