Random paragraphs from two books I’ve recently read.
By 1853 Riemann was twenty-seven and on the last stretch of the long road to a lectureship at Gottingen. In Germany at that time, such an academic position did not pay the modest salary it does today. It did not pay any salary. To many of us, that would be a bit of a drawback. To Riemann, it was a coveted position, a stepping stone to a professorship. And students gave tips.
From Euclid’s Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace (2001) by Leonard Mlodinow.
“Tastes great, less filling!” could be the motto for most processed foods, which are far more energy dense than most whole foods: They contain much less water, fiber, and micronutrients, and generally much more sugar and fat, making them at the same time, to coin a marketing slogan, “More fattening, less nutritious!”
From In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (2008) by Michael Pollan.
It’s my 1st comment here so I say Hi!
I was looking for some different and strange diet and I found this. Starting to read right now.
I’d like you to improve navigation a bit, I had real trouble to find the Shangri-La diet.
“And students gave tips.” That would really make the life of an adjunct hard.