{"id":34626,"date":"2010-12-10T12:59:56","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T20:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/gnxp\/?p=8377"},"modified":"2010-12-12T11:54:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-12T19:54:27","slug":"friday-fluff-%e2%80%93-december-10th-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.razib.com\/wordpress\/2010\/12\/10\/friday-fluff-%e2%80%93-december-10th-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fluff \u2013 December 10th, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FF3\" 1. First, a post from the past<\/strong>: Natural selection of a human gene: FUT2<\/a>. <\/p>\n

<\/span> 2. Weird search query of the week<\/strong>: “cognitive miser”.<\/p>\n

3.Comment of the week<\/strong>, in response to The history of us all<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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1. I take it you think Angus Maddison’s Contours of the World Economy 1-2030 AD<\/i> is too technical for a general reading list? <\/p>\n

2. Some other ‘easy to read but rather informative books’ on social\/economic history:<\/p>\n

Alfred Crosuby’s Environmental Imperialism<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

William McNiell’s
\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Plagues-Peoples-William-H-McNeill\/dp\/0385121229\/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1291830697&sr=1-4″>Plagues and Peoples<\/a><\/i> <\/p>\n

3. Razib, have you reviewed After Tamerlane<\/i> before? I have not read the book myself, but have heard much good and bad about it. What is your take on the book?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

See, not always making fun of people Clark.<\/p>\n

4) I’m excited about The Game of Thrones<\/a>, but I’d be more excited if Martin got the next book out sooner than later. Anyone else with me? <\/p>\n

5) And finally, your weekly fluff fix<\/strong>:
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\n 2. Weird search query of the week: “cognitive miser”.
\n3.Comment of the week, in response to The history of us all:
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