books - whatcha reading right now?

[tomorrowstreasures]

Currently reading:
1491 by Charles C. Mann
How to Photograph Absolutely Everything by Tom Ang (a lot of this book is pretty basic, but interesting nonetheless)
Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson (excellent)
Two-Stroke Performance Tuning by A. Graham Bell
Battles of the Bible - which has several authors, and reads like they are all atheists (kinda weird, considering the subject matter)

Yes, I have actually finished some books recently, too.

Hodaka - what is 1491 about?

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Hodaka - what is 1491 about?

1491 - "In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492."

There's a lot that I don't agree with in science-based history (it often tends to ignore or disagree with written history), but this book is very interesting. It proves wrong a lot of what I learned in school only 15-20 years ago.

[tomorrowstreasures]

1491 - "In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492."

There's a lot that I don't agree with in science-based history (it often tends to ignore or disagree with written history), but this book is very interesting. It proves wrong a lot of what I learned in school only 15-20 years ago.

ah! but consider that science proves theories and history can often times be skewed a bit. History is written most often by the winners.