It has been a long time since I wrote a book review. A few months ago I read on IgorExchange that Martin Schmid had written a book about programming Igor. I snapped up a copy. I’m a competent Igor programmer but I was hoping that this book would be useful for lab members that want to learn.

Raw Data: A novel on Life in Science by Pernille Rørth (Springer, 2016) {.alignleft .size-medium .wp-image-786 loading=“lazy” decoding=“async” attachment-id=“786” permalink=“https://quantixed.org/41txjjrwibl- sx328_bo1204203200 /” orig-file=“https://i0.wp.com/quantixed.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/41txjjrwibl- sx328_bo1204203200 .jpg?fit=330%2C499&ssl=1” orig-size=“330,499”

Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty Ben Ratliff (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) {.alignleft .size-medium .wp-image-756 loading=“lazy” decoding=“async” attachment-id=“756” permalink=“https://quantixed.org/41lkbxvsugl- sx329_bo1204203200 /” orig-file=“https://i0.wp.com/quantixed.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/41lkbxvsugl- sx329_bo1204203200 .jpg?fit=331%2C499&ssl=1”

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I have just finished reading this excellent book, Statistics done wrong: a woefully complete guide by Alex Reinhart . I’d recommend it to anyone interested in quantitative biology and particularly to PhD students starting out in biomedical science.