Investigator James S. Tyre writes: Your item on BlackWind was mildly entertaining. However, if you really want to talk value, you need to discuss “Spon’s Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2009: Multi-user licence (Unknown Binding).” At $1,754,383.00, it is a complete steal! (If you don’t believe me, read the Customer Reviews.) [And see the […]
Day: February 2, 2009
Big where-are-they news for science fiction writers
For science fiction writers who want to get things right — to know and observe the actual constraints imposed by the universe, rather than just make things up — there’s possibly big possible news. The physics ArXiv blog reports: We have little to guide us on the question of the existence intelligent life elsewhere in […]
The value of reading (Part B — $8,539.00)
One of the more expensive books offered these days is Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for Silicon-29, by by R.R. Gupta, M.D. Lechner, H. Marsmann, and B. Mikhova. This is Subvolume F in Springer’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Data series, slightly pricier ($8539.00), though not by all that much, than the preceding volumes. Here’s where to find […]
The value of reading (Part A — $72,999.99)
One of the most expensive new books offered on Amazon.com is Charlotte Boyett-Compo‘s BlackWind, which is not entirely about meteorology. Amazon offers this book for $72,999.99, an approximately 27% savings, it says, from the official list price of $99,999.99. The screencapture shown here documents the price as it appears on Sunday afternoon, February 1, 2009. […]