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Member: johnascott

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Tagsfiction (359), science (340), american literature (234), mathematics (231), philosophy (165), science fiction (140), british literature (136), short stories (88), statistics (88), humor (81) — see all tags

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GroupsAmerican Postmodernism, Atheists review books, Consilience, Humor, I Survived the Great Vowel Shift, Mac Users at LibraryThing, Mathematics, Philosophy of Science, Pittsburghers, Science! — show all groups , Skeptic's book club

Favorite authorsWoody Allen, Donald Barthelme, Georg Büchner, Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, Paul Bowles, Italo Calvino, René Descartes, Al Franken, Edward Gorey, David Hume, Franz Kafka, Søren Kierkegaard, Stanisław Lem, Mark Leyner, S. J. Perelman, Plato, Edgar Allan Poe, Bertrand Russell, Arthur Schopenhauer, Tom Stoppard, P. G. Wodehouse (Shared favorites)

Favorite librariesCarnegie Library of Pittsburgh -- East Liberty, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh -- Main (Oakland), Rockville Library - Montgomery County Public Libraries (MD), Silver Spring Library - Montgomery County Public Libraries (MD), University of Pittsburgh Library System - Mathematics Library, Wheaton Library - Montgomery County Public Libraries (MD)

Other favoritesUnion Project

About meMy whole life has been one long ultraviolent hyperkinetic nightmare. But yes, I am a biostatistician. I do research in neuroimaging and do what little I can to ensure the safety and efficacy of our nation's therapeutic biological agents.

About my libraryMy nonfiction collection more or less traces the tortuous path of my academic interests from high school to now: classics -> philosophy -> philosophy of mathematics -> mathematics -> biostatistics, with a side order of cognitive science.

My taste in fiction is biased toward humor and general cleverness. As is my taste in philosophy, for that matter. As would be my taste in statistics, I guess, but... well, you know. Oh, and my twelve year old self is quite impressed that 56 volumes of Moorcock constitute only the 22nd largest collection of such on LT.

My rating system is based primarily on free association.

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LocationWashington, DC

Emailjohnascottgmail.com

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Member sinceFeb 1, 2007