And he has been amazingly, consistently productive: 12 books in just over 25 years, and now, a new book, Paul Graham: Photographs 1981-2006, which puts all his work into context.
Apart from providing an account of two productive careers, the book is laced with entertaining details of life on the academic and ideological high wire.
In a 1989 book "Productive and Unproductive Depression" (Basic Books), Dr. Gut described, among other cases, the experience of a biochemist, Albert, who frequently became depressed when a research strategy he was pursuing went nowhere.
This is an idea that has been elaborated in Emmy Gut's book "Productive and Unproductive Depression," which proposes that the long pause brought about by a depression causes people to change their lives in useful ways, especially after a loss.
Featuring some of the first publicly shown attempts at sculpture by Munch, as well as an array of thematically and formally linked works from throughout both of their remarkably productive careers, this book helps to clarify the exceedingly apparent connections between two giants of European art and their dramatically expressive renderings of the human condition.
The 112th Congress is set to enter the Congressional record books as the least productive body in a generation, passing a mere 173 public laws as of last month.
Dobelli is an advocate of unplugging: He says rather than keep an eye on a steadfast Twitter feed, it's more productive to read books and long-form articles that will educate you on the bigger picture.
In an excerpt from his new book, The Productive Edge, Richard Lester spells out the lessons winning companies offer our society.
"I would lean toward an optimistic view," said Michael Maccoby, a management consultant and author of the book "The Productive Narcissist: The Promise and Peril of Visionary Leadership".
The games start a little after 6 30, but instead of tuning in, I eat dinner, then go for a bike ride or read a book — anything productive that does not carry the risk of encountering football action.
After all, Boyer says, in the recent lame-duck session alone, Congress had the "most productive period since the Book of Genesis" — extending tax cuts, repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell, and passing both the START treaty and the bill to provide aid to first responders to the September 11th attacks.
