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George van Hal

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George van Hal (1980) is sterrenkundige, sciencefictionfan en wetenschapsredacteur
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	Robots, aliens en popcorn: Wetenschap op het witte doek 3.79 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De quantumcomputer: Een digitale revolutie op het punt van uitbreken (Pocket Science, #1) 3.27 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het kosmisch rariteitenkabinet by George van Hal (Goodreads Author), Ans Hekkenberg 3.75 avg rating — 48 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tossen met de kosmos: Over entropie en de statistiek van het heelal (Pocket Science, #8) 3.68 avg rating — 37 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elastisch universum: Abc van de baanbrekende ideeën van Erik Verlinde 3.36 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Van lightsaber tot tijdmachine 3.61 avg rating — 28 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fractie van een pixel 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het kosmisch rariteitenkabinet: Allesverslindende sterren, verdampende planeten en raadselachtige berichten uit het heelal liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elastisch universum: ABC van de baanbrekende ideeën van Erik Verlinde 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jaaroverzicht: de beste films van 2022

Getekende nostalgie, een nachtmerrieachtige televisieaap, duizelingwekkende hoogtes, wiebelende worstenvingers, kots als symbool van afkalvende beschaving, een tijdpauzerende twijfeltwintiger en Nicolas Cage als, nou ja, Nicolas Cage. Dit zijn de twintig beste films die ik dit jaar zag.

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George Hal rated a book really liked it The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) by James Islington (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Origineel, verontrustend en intelligent. Beste boek dat ik dit jaar heb gelezen. Jammer dat ik geen 6 sterren kan geven.
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Wow, I remember this being so much better. On reread, though, now an adult instead of the teenager who first read this, Snow Crash turns out to be much less palatable than I remembered. It's a combination of a few genuinely cool, but lazily infodumped ...more
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George Hal liked Karina's review of Snow Crash: "Neal Stephenson is a clever man. He knows things. Lots of things. And from the very first book I ever read of his - Snow Crash - he can't help but share all he knows. He is like that nice guy at a Mensa meeting that wants to share his knowledge, but " Read more of this review »
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