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Phil Mayes

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Born

in The United Kingdom

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http://www.philmayes.com

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Genre

Psychology, Nonfiction, Science

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February 2015

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Phil Mayes is from London, England, but now appears firmly ensconced in So.Cal., thus proving that climate beats culture. After a life spent writing in Assemblers, C, C++, Python and Javascript, he is now writing in English. He currently blogs, takes naps and works on his next book with his wife Maude Mayes. He recently started narrating audiobooks. ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 36 ratings · 10 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Lessons in Love (Cambridge Fellows, #1) by Charlie Cochrane (Goodreads Author), Phil Mayes (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.71 avg rating — 1,537 ratings — published 2008 — 13 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
	Cold Sweats and Vignettes by John Bowen (Goodreads Author), Phil Mayes (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.69 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	How Two: Have a Successful Relationship by Phil Mayes (Goodreads Author), Maude Mayes (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — 3 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
	Secrets of a Successful Relationship Revealed: Find Passionate and Juicy Peace and Joy — not Conflict and Anger by Phil Mayes (Goodreads Author), Maude Mayes (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 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

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Phil Mayes and 6 other people liked Leo Horovitz's review of Gödel's Theorem: An Incomplete Guide to Its Use and Abuse: "I think my first real encounter of a clear abuse of Gödel's incompleteness theorem came when I was engaged (as I so often am) in the debate on religion, online as well as elsewhere. This was one of the former kind and in one of the lower subcategorie" Read more of this review »
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“Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any better. In fact, these days, cynicism is obedience.”
― Alex Steffen

tags: politics-observation

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“We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.”
― John Lennon

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