Threaded Pearls of Wisdom and Wit

Essential Quotations for Critical Minds

De: Konstantin K. Likharev

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

This is a carefully curated collection of over 3,500 quotations by nearly 1,500 authors on a broad spectrum of topics, from science and technology, wisdom and folly, society and government, war and peace, to life and death – grouped in 23 chapters.

Three main features distinguish this publication from numerous quote collections available in print and online:

(i) Selection: By screening out “inspirational” platitudes, mediocre jokes, and discernible nonsense that dominate so many quote publications, this collection includes only the entries that are real pearls of human thought, standing apart by either their wisdom, or their wit, or both.

(ii) Verification: The text and authorship of each quote have been verified much more thoroughly than in most collections. With a few exceptions, an entry was included only if it had been found in either the original publication, or a publication by a reputable reviewer/biographer, or at least two trustworthy quote collections.

(iii) Threading: To make reading more engaging, the entries are not only grouped into 260 topical sections but also logically ordered inside each of them, forming quasi-continuous narrative “threads” – hence the collection’s title. Since it includes different views on most debatable issues, each of these threads reads as a virtual discussion of the wise and the witty.

The plain text/HTML and pdf versions of the book are available online at https://kklikharev.weebly.com/ under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 International License (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).

About the author:
Konstantin K. Likharev is a senior scientist/engineer, author of nearly a dozen published monographs and textbooks – on top of 350+ other research publications. Born in Moscow, Russia, he lived and worked there until 1991 when he moved to the United States to join the faculty of a major research university. Dr. Likharev is a Fellow (honorary member) of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.