Reviews for Membrane Computing: Traces, Neural Inspired Models, Controls: Getting computational inspirat...

The average rating for Membrane Computing: Traces, Neural Inspired Models, Controls: Getting computational inspirat... based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-11-25 00:00:00 James Berry I am absolutely stumped on how to review this book. I love medical histories, so when I saw this at a used bookstore I picked it up. This book is about everything BUT typhus. Religion, history, mathematics, politics--if it's a subject completely unrelated to typhus it's most certainly in there. So I should just give it one star and move on with my life, right? I wish it were that easy, because this book was hilarious. So off-topic, but the author is aware of how off-topic he is, "This, we promise, is the last serious digression from our main theme" (It is not) At multiple points, he feels that so much extraneous matter is related to his subject that he just starts giving a list of random historical events with no explanation of their connection. The topic of typhus isn't truly brought up until page 212, and doesn't really start being addressed until page 229. This, to me, is hilarious. I started this book in a serious mood, expecting to be informed about the progression and history of a serious disease. Instead, I was caught off guard by all this randomness and burst out laughing. 2 stars then? 5? 1? Let's go with 4. Sure! It's a star number I picked randomly, and that should fit considering the random nature of this book.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-09-16 00:00:00 Sigalit Pearl Rats, Lice and History is written in an entertaining conversational style with with enough scholarly flourishes that you'll want your computer by your side to look up words and translate all the French, German and Spanish quotes. (Generally the Greek and Latin are translated or explained.) The author manages to weave in a wide range of historical musings along with up to date science (for the publication date of 1934). The description of how "new" diseases arise is as true for AIDS as for typhus. I found my copy of the book at the University of Oregon Science library. I really enjoyed the physical book. The bookplate for Vandevelde inside the cover, the obituaries for Dr. Zinsser pasted into the front and back of the book,the worn cover, and the pencil underlines all connected me to others who had read this exact same physical book.