Reading List: Week 43, 2026
7 Books · 2026 · by publication date, oldest first
- 2026
- Week 43
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Oct 19
Wen rette ich - und wenn ja, wie viele?
No, this book was certainly not light Sunday-evening-tea-on-the-sofa fare. I recently picked it up as part of a stack of the Reclam books I mentioned before. These are often 200 …
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Oct 19
ta’ puq mach
ta’ puq mach? Huh? Emperor-child-small? Why do I actually own this book? To be honest, I don’t really know. I like the story. Well … that’s probably a non-statement … I think …
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Oct 20
Arctic Meltdown: Die Neuvermessung der Welt
The newest book of Robert Habeck. Former Vice Chancellor of Germany. Member of the Green Party. Well, for a long time I was an SPD voter. Although I certainly had a certain …
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Oct 21
Bis zur Unendlichkeit und noch viel weiter
Whenever I hear about Neil deGrasse Tyson, I immediately think of Carl Sagan. And yet the two differ greatly, at least in public. Both are – or were – great science communicators. …
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Oct 22
Heller als tausend Sonnen
My paternal grandparents had a guest room. It was a somewhat strange room. It was lower than all the other – in themselves rather high-ceilinged – rooms in the house. Three steps …
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Oct 25
Gott und der tropfende Wasserhahn
Recently, while working on another text about a book by Carl Sagan, I was looking for a video on YouTube. I really liked one of the comments there: “Every disaster begins with a …
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Oct 25
Blauer Punkt im All
Neil deGrasse Tyson called it “The Book of Carl”: “Pale Blue Dot” (in German: “Blauer Punkt im All”). The name refers to the small blue dot in one of the most famous images taken …
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