Yeah, since I got a lot of spare time now and not too much digital entertainment maybe it is time to do reviews of books, instead of films or music :)
So last week I have read The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time by Mark Haddon. The book tells the story about a mystermurder, a dog that has been brutally killed. This incident is seen through the eyes of a 15-year old autistic boy. And in the book he talks about it, in first-person. So you get to peek into the mind of an autistic boy, which can be very scary sometimes. The way he rationalizes everything, only believes in logical conclusions and unable to think in, or react on, emotions makes his life for himself and for others very difficult.
Because of his fascination, and talent, for mathematics and science the book contains a few interestings puzzles and paradoxes. An interesting and funny paradox which he explains in the book is the Monty Hall Problem. For those who don’t know it check out the link, it is funny to see how some things can be so counter intuitive (even smart mathematicians were wrong in responses on the original article).
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