Robert Caro And Mechanistic Models In Biography
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Going Beyond Phenomenological Compression
I absolutely adore Robert Caro’s books: The Power Broker, which is a massive and meticulous study of the life of Robert Moses, the New York Park Commissioner who influenced urban and park design the most in the 20th century, for better and for worse; and The Years of Lyndon Johnson, a series of 4 books (of 5 planned) on the life of former US president Lyndon B. Johnson, remembered both for passing some of the biggest civil rights legislations since the end of the Civil War, and for massively increasing the American involvement in Vietnam. But it took me some time to figure out why I love…
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