Books, Births, And A/C -- August 21, 2022

The Book Page

A book a week.

Three books to consider. 

I received my copy of the biography of CCR yesterday before 8:00 a.m. delivered by Amazon and have already started enjoying it. There is a new biography on Captain Ferdinand Magellan but The WSJ recommends the one from 2019. And finally, the ENIACs!

The three books:

• CCR: from The WSJ. An exceptionally easy, but fun, read.
• Over the Edge of the World, Deckle Edge, c. 2019, from Amazon.
• The ENIAC women, WWII, from The WSJ. 

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Other

Global births: link here to ZeroHedge. Of the next 1,000 births:

• 103 will be born in China,
• 172 will be born in India, and
• 57 will be born in Nigeria>
• at 30, the US exceeds:
• every country in the western hemisphere, Brazil, #2 at 22
• every country in the entire world except
• India, China, Nigeria, Pakistan, DR Congo, and Indonesia (31)

Saudi Arabia: something about which the pundits never seem to talk -- a/c and desalination --