Book Review: Space Handbook: Astronautics and Its Applications

Ratings: 4 Stars In a time when Russia had just sent a couple of dogs in space, when speculative science-fiction reigned, when USA had not sent man to the moon – there was a Space Handbook by the RAND Corporation which tried to assess the feasibility of sending satellites in space, the rocket design and […]

Book review: This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race

Ratings: 4 Stars I have often glossed over news headlines like, ‘Apple releases security updates to patch two new zero-days…’ First, because I hardly understood what it meant or what its implications were given my chemical engineering and sales background. Second, it represented a world far, far away and themes far more outlandish – Russia […]

Pulling off a ‘Watchmen’!

Like all great books that I have come to admire, it all started with a rejection. I rejected Harry Potter, because I believed him to be yet another wannabe magician who would pull out a rabbit from his hat. Rejection actually helps – it is a sifting mechanism, though improper, which allows me to focus […]