Avoiding shellfish was easy. The stoning of adulterers proved a little more difficult - and potentially controversial. Was it enough to walk up to an adulterer and gently touch them with a stone? Even that could be grounds for accusations of assault, especially with female adulterers in Manhattan. S[...]

An account of one man's painful journey from slob to superman, and a fascinating and eye-opening examination of what it really means to be healthy. It reveals the ugly truth about the assumptions and obsessions we have about our bodies.[...]

"New York Times "bestselling author and king of "immersion journalism" A.J. Jacobs tackles his most challenging experiment yet: a yearlong mission to radically improve every element of his body and mind--from his brain to his fingertips to his abs.Having lifted his spirit in "The Year of Living Bibl[...]

From the bestselling author of "The Know-It-All" comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible.
Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive in headfirst and attempt to obey the Bible as [...]

Älä tapa. Älä varasta. Älä valehtele. Älä aja partaasi. Muista kivittää avionrikkojaa... Mitä tapahtuu, kun tavallinen mies noudattaa Raamatun ohjeita vuoden ajan kirjaimellisesti? A. J. Jacobsin kauhuksi Raamatusta löytyy 700 erilaista käskyä, joista monen noudattaminen johtaisi nykym[...]

Parsing, also referred to as syntax analysis, has been and continues to be an essential part of computer science and linguistics. Today, parsing techniques are also implemented in a number of other disciplines, including but not limited to, document preparation and conversion, typesetting chemical f[...]