Written by: Samantha Everton, Innovation & Research Communications Contributor
University of Utah faculty members C. Thi Nguyen, Bellamkonda Kishore, and Frank Page have all authored or co-authored books broadly themed around philosophy or inspiration. Each author has worked tirelessly to compile their work and concentrate it into text, and the U celebrates every researcher’s effort to share their studies with a broader community.
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The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s GameThe Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game was written by the U of U’s professor C. Thi Nguyen, from the Philosophy Department. The book analyzes connections between games and bureaucracy to see how scoring systems shape a person’s desires. Nguyen also discusses the influence that free play, games, and scoring systems teach individuals to measure success and outsource values. Access this book here. |
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Life is Creating Yourself (A Premier for Success & Happiness in the 21st Century)Written by Bellamkonda Kishore, from the University’s Internal Medicine Department, Life is Creating Yourself (A Premier for Success & Happiness in the 21st Century) imparts advice and counsel to a young audience on how to “create oneself.” “This is a motivational and guiding book,” Dr. Kishore shared. “It’s written for students and young people aspiring to achieve something great in their lives.” Part of a three-book series on similar ideas, Life is Creating Yourself offers fifteen different synergistic ways readers can create oneself through practice. Access this book here. |
Fiver and the Psychology of Rabbits |
Fiver and the Psychology of RabbitsWritten by University of Utah Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology Frank Page, Fiver and the Psychology of Rabbits is a fictional novel about a man and a dog, both contending with modern realities. Page’s goal in writing this book was to inspire and touch his audience, sparking imagination and appreciation for life. Access this book here. |
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Each of these authors have dedicated countless hours of research, collaboration, and work to these books, and the University of Utah celebrates their successful efforts to accumulate their studies into texts that demonstrate and expand the impact that each author has had in their field.
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