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Carl Hoffman

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Washington, DC, The United States

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History, Travel, Nonfiction

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Carl Hoffman is the author of five books. The Last Wild Men of Borneo was an Amazon Best Books of 2018, a finalist in the Banff Mountain Book Competition and long listed for an Edgar Prize. Savage Harvest was a New York Times Editor’s Choice, a NY Times best seller, a Washington Post notable book of 2014, was shortlisted for an Edgar Award and has been translated into eight languages. The Lunatic Express, was named one of the ten best books of 2010 by The Wall Street Journal. He is a former contributing editor to National Geographic Traveler and Wired magazines and has traveled on assignment to some eighty countries.

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	Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art 3.66 avg rating — 5,453 ratings — published 2014 — 32 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
	The Lunatic Express: Discovering the World... via Its Most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains, and Planes 3.72 avg rating — 1,882 ratings — published 2010 — 12 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
	The Last Wild Men of Borneo: A True Story of Death and Treasure 3.86 avg rating — 808 ratings — published 2018 — 9 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
	Liar's Circus: A Strange and Terrifying Journey Into the Upside-Down World of Trump's MAGA Rallies 3.91 avg rating — 336 ratings — published 2020 — 16 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
	Hunting Warbirds: The Obsessive Quest for the Lost Aircraft of World War II 3.98 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2001 — 4 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
	Education for Adolescents: (CW 302) (Volume 10) (Foundations of Waldorf Education) by Rudolf Steiner, Carl Hoffman (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Hans-Joachim Mattke (Introduction) 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1996 — 5 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
	MITTAG 22. Jahrhundert by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, E. Simon it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1977	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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	The Seizure of Tinian 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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
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“算数嫌い”の児童を減らすために、学習塾はどんな授業を行っているのか？

算数には“積み重ね型科目”という特性がある

「大学受験は英語が合否を左右する！」なんてことがよくいわれますが、中学受験ではどの科目がキーになるのでしょうか。それは“算数”です。算数は暗記科目ではなく、これまで学んだ知識をもとにして少しずつ応用させていく積み重ね型科目に分類されます。たとえば掛け算と割り算を理解していなければ、三角形の面積を求めることができないですよね。そのため小学校高学年になってから、算数に苦手意識を抱いてしまうと、わからないことがどんどん積み重なり、中学受験までに軌道修正をするのが困難になってしまうのです。

身近なものを使って算数にリアリティーを持たせる

そこである学習塾は身近なものを利用して算数に対する苦手意識を払拭する取り組みを始めました。たとえば算数には“割合”という単元がありますよね。それを正しく理解してもらうために、講師はスーパーの折り込み広告のコピーを児童に

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“Contemporary anthropologists long ago abandoned the idea that there is some steady, linear march from primitive to civilized and now discount the very notion that modern, technically advanced cultures are any more “civilized” than ones like the Asmat, with all its complexities.”
― Carl Hoffman, Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art

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“Could the “killing” of Michael have been a nativistic story that a few men had promulgated to increase their status and power in a rapidly changing world?”
― Carl Hoffman, Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art

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“The term 'cathedral forest' is used as a metaphor, to suggest that great woods are like great medieval churches. But I have often felt that this is backward, that the stone cathedrals are a recreation of the forests where our distant ancestors lived. This is why they strike a chord deep within us. The soaring ceilings of a medieval cathedral, the cool, damp air, the dark punctuated by beams of brilliant light coloured by stained glass mimic our ancient home, our Garden of Eden.... A walk in the rain forest is a walk into the mind of God.”
― Carl Hoffman

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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel

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Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art by Carl Hoffman

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