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Robert M. Kaplan
Robert M Kaplan is Clinical Associate Professor, Graduate School Of Medicine, University of Wollongong. A forensic psychiatrist, writer and speaker, his books are Medical Murder: Disturbing Tales Of Doctors Who Kill (Allen & Unwin 2009) and The Exceptional Brain and How It Changed The World... show more

Robert M Kaplan is Clinical Associate Professor, Graduate School Of Medicine, University of Wollongong. A forensic psychiatrist, writer and speaker, his books are Medical Murder: Disturbing Tales Of Doctors Who Kill (Allen & Unwin 2009) and The Exceptional Brain and How It Changed The World (Allen & Unwin 2011).His latest book The Prophet of Psychiatry: In Search of Ellery - a biography of Australia's most prominent psychiatrist between the wars - has just been released.In 2012 he was guest speaker at Mind and Its Potential, Darling Harbour, Sydney; see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYDTaqP-U2o. He continues to haunt various websites, most recently: http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2014/10/31/4118672.htmHe has written on a range of medical, psychiatric, historic and forensic topics and, most recently, fiction. Suicide3 is a collection of short stories. To avoid finishing his autobiography Memoirs of a Marginal Medical Student he is writing a book about byways in the illness experience entitled Quirks, a voyage around difficult doctors, peculiar patients and interesting illnesses. Wait and see.
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Domhnall
Domhnall rated it 10 years ago
There are different ways to use and think about mathematical concepts and they do not all leave a historical record in a form that can be interpreted with certainty. The gap between people engaged in trade and those indulging in philosophy has been especially important, notably for the ancient Gree...
Batgrl: Bookish Hooha
Batgrl: Bookish Hooha rated it 12 years ago
This is a book that, a few years ago, made the perfect gift for my father, who has told me that he's read it several times. And so it's the perfect book to try and polish off while I'm visiting. (Because he'll miss it if I try to sneak off with it.) (My father does this too when visiting me. We both...
meganbaxter
meganbaxter rated it 12 years ago
Kaplan never met a literary allusion he didn't like. At times this works, as it adds depth and surprising insight into some of the mathematical concepts he's talking about. At other times, it feels remarkably scattershot, and adds little to the material. Not every reference in every classic to nothi...
The Review Man
The Review Man rated it 15 years ago
Likely written for a layperson audience, The Art of the Infinite is a bit simplistic at times, but the Kaplans ultimately provide an entertaining look at beauty and proportion found everywhere in math. No matter your vocation, if you're willing to think a bit, you'll find that The Art of the Infinit...
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