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The John McPhee article that the author references was expanded into a book, and it's a great read for anyone that finds this story interesting: https://www.ama
by markbnj 5mo ago
The John McPhee article that the author references was expanded into a book, and it's a great read for anyone that finds this story interesting: https://www.amazon.com/Oranges-John-McPhee-ebook/dp/B005E8AN0A https://www.amazon.com/Oranges-John-McPhee-ebook/dp/B005E8AN...
- floodfx 5mo agoSeconded. Interesting read.
- jhbadger 5mo agoJohn McPhee is a great underrated non-fiction author, up there with the late Tracy Kidder. I particularly like McPhee's "The Curve of Binding Energy" about the physicist Theodore B. Taylor.
- globnomulous 5mo agoHe may have little name recognition, but he's considered, at a minimum, one of the most important, influential, masterful nonfiction writers of his generation.