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Jon is a masculine given name. It is often short for Jonathan. The name is spelled Jón in Iceland and on the Faroe Islands. In the Nordic countries, it is derived from Johannes. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: JonA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Ways of Looking: The Composite Novel and Posthuman Community in Jon McGregor's Reservoir 13Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Into Thin AirThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: “I've Counted Jon”: Transformational Experiences of Teachers Educating Students with DisabilitiesCited 159 times
- Go sideways: Nick (given name)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Sam (given name)A closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
“I've Counted Jon”: Transformational Experiences of Teachers Educating Students with Disabilities
The Political Sins of Jon Stewart
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Audience Attitude Change During the 2004 Party Conventions
Full catastrophe living; using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain and illness. Jon Kabat‐Zinn, 1996 Publisher: Piatkus, London ISBN: 0‐749‐915‐854
Comment on “Quantitative measurements of shear wave polarizations at the Anza Seismic Network, southern California: Implications for shear wave splitting and earthquake prediction” by Richard C. Aster, Peter M. Shearer, and Jon Berger
Humor Complexity and Political Influence: An Elaboration Likelihood Approach to the Effects of Humor Type inThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Political Satire and Postmodern Irony in the Age of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart
Hearing it From Jon Stewart: The Impact of the Daily Show on Public Attentiveness to Politics
🆕 Influential since 2022
Ways of Looking: The Composite Novel and Posthuman Community in Jon McGregor's Reservoir 13
Jon Sobrino and ‘the Crucified People’
The 2023 Veblen-Commons Award Recipient: Jon D. Wisman: Thorstein Veblen, the Meaning of Work, and its Humanization
Understanding the Working Primate: An Ethogram of Jon, a Southern Pig-Tailed Macaque - Macaca Nemestrina
The Development of Skull Base Surgery as a Discipline: Remembrances of Dr Jon H. Robertson
📚 Books worth reading
Into Thin AirJon Krakauer · 1996
Robert Ludlum's The Cassandra CompactRobert Ludlum, Philip Shelby · 2001
The True Story of the Three Little PigsJon Scieszka · 1989
Robert Ludlum's The Lazarus vendettaPatrick Larkin · 2004
Robert Ludlum's The arctic eventJames H. Cobb · 2007
The Utopia ExperimentKyle Mills · 2013
Wolf in shadowDavid A. Gemmell · 1987
The Altman CodeGayle Lynds, Robert Ludlum · 2003
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