Books by Matthew Pearl
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review 1: I feel a bit guilty giving this two stars because I didn’t really enjoy it however I think that is simply because I know nothing of Dickens aside from Vol I of Little Dorrit. I think you really need to have an appreciation for Dickens before you can enjoy this book, so I think wh...
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review 1: This was one of my attempted to read over the summer books. I just couldn't get into the story. I picked it up again a couple weeks ago and finally got pulled into the story. The book is divided into installments. I feel that the first three installments are included to build bac...
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review 1: This is a book I needed to read consistently. I had a hard time picking it back up to start again in a few days because I couldn't reconnect the characters that easily. It is a book that takes you to the past and present in alternate chapters . This didn't happen with the other t...
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review 1: The book is about MIT's first year's graduating class in 1868 - its struggle to be considered as a university of some standing, its first President Rogers tireless efforts. Its rivalry with Harvard in which Harvard students come as across as pompous and only focused on theory. Th...
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review 1: The year is 1868 and a new college, MIT, is graduating its first class. The idea that science can explain and control the environment of Boston is an anathema to a faith-based society; especially Harvard. New ideas are permeating society; Darwinism, chemistry, electricity are b...
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review 1: When I started this book I did not realize it was based on a true story. The riots over having guns on campus was such a current topic. It is an easy read, very straight forward. Professor Rogers is sort of an oddball on campus as he is the only hard scientist on the staff....