Exhaustion? Prosperity? — Reviews of Information Sources
Part of student work in the course “The past, present, and possible future of humanity and the biosphere: exhaustion or prosperity?” is creating reviews introducing key sources relevant to the course topic.
Part of student work in the course “The past, present, and possible future of humanity and the biosphere: exhaustion or prosperity?” is preparing reviews that introduce sources important to the course topic. These reviews are posted on this page. Their discussion takes place in a Google document accessible through a page on Batrachos. Another (very large) review example is here: Sample source review: Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow, “The Grand Design.”
Jim Al-Khalili’s book “Are We Alone in the Universe?” turned out to be very popular: both first submitted reviews are devoted to it. This has a positive side: one can compare two reviews and conclude what should and should not be done.
Daryna Ipolitova: Jim Al-Khalili, “Are We Alone in the Universe?”
Olha Filimentieva: Jim Al-Khalili, “Are We Alone in the Universe?”
A music fragment used in the video was claimed by its rights holder. YouTube automatically removed this track.
After her first review, Olha Filimentieva submitted another one:
Olha Filimentieva: Michio Kaku, “Parallel Worlds”
Oleksandra Shahina: Edward Wilson, “Half-Earth”
Ruslana Kramarenko: review of Ray Kurzweil’s “The Evolution of Mind”
Unfortunately, this review is text-only; the student reported she could not record a video.
Liudmyla Bronnikova: review of Neil Shubin’s “Your Inner Fish”
Karina Boichenko: review of “Futurology. The 21st Century. Immortality or Global Catastrophe?” by Alexey Turchin and Mikhail Batin
Thanks to this review, I (D.Sh.) evaluated a book I had not read. The author also sent a presentation. It should be noted that the presentation raises serious issues: it is composed of fragments of the book’s text not marked as quotations. Most of what Karina says in the video review is not her own text. Still, her compiled narrative is perceived smoothly.
Nikita Shyndel discusses Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451”
I do not think a dystopian fiction novel should be treated as a course source, but I will leave this review here anyway.
Maksym Kriukov discusses Michio Kaku’s “Physics of the Future”.
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"body": "Oleksandra Shagina: Edward Wilson, \"Piv-Zemli\"
Ruslana Kramarenko: review of Ray Kurzweil's \"Evolyutsiyi rozumu\"
Unfortunately, the review is in text format; the student reported that she cannot record a video...
Lyudmyla Bronnikova: review of Neil Shubin's \"Vnutrishnei ryby\"
Karyna Boychenko: review of Oleksiy Turchyn and Mykhailo Batin's book \"Futurolohiya. KhKhI stolittya. Bezsmertya abo hlobalna katastrofa?\"
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Thanks to this review, I (Dmytro Sh.) evaluated a book I didn't read. The author of the review also sent a presentation to her review. It should be emphasized that there are significant issues with the presentation: it is composed of fragments of the text of the book itself, which are not marked as quotes. What Karyna says in the video review is, mostly, not her text. However, her text (based on the authors' text) is structured in a way that it is perceived quite smoothly.
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Nikita Shyndel discusses Ray Bradbury's \"451 degrees Fahrenheit\"
I don't think a fictional anti-utopia can be considered a literary source for the course, but I will still leave this review here
Maksym Kryukov discusses Michio Kaku's \"Fizyka maybutnyoho\""
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