Category Archives: science

Our Inner Ape

Posted on April 27, 2009 by smellincoffee

Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are the Way We Are© 2005 Frans De Waal288 pages I’ve been passing by this one for weeks now, and decided to give it a go this past weekend. It was … Continue reading →

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The Great Warming

Posted on April 4, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations© 2008 Brian Fagan282 pages Earlier this year, Dr. Brian M. Fagan visited my university to deliver a talk titled “Climate Change, the Flail of God, or the Elephant … Continue reading →

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Through a Window

Posted on March 31, 2009 by smellincoffee

For now we see as through a glass, darkly… Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe© 1990 Jane Goodall267 pages I’ve always been fascinated by the behavior of our fellow apes. Unlike ants or birds, they … Continue reading →

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Frontiers II

Posted on March 20, 2009 by smellincoffee

Frontiers II : More recent discoveries about life, Earth, space, and the universe© 1993 Isaac and Janet Asimov369 pages Given Isaac Asimov’s deliberate attempt to be famous for sheer volume in terms of books, I think he would be amused … Continue reading →

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The Sun Shines Bright

Posted on March 11, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Sun Shines Bright© 1981 Isaac Asimov250 pages It’s been a while since I’ve treated myself to a little Asimov. I’ve purposely held back on my Asimov reading given how much of it is science fiction and I don’t want … Continue reading →

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Evolution for Everyone

Posted on March 6, 2009 by smellincoffee

Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin’s Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives© 2007 David Sloan Wilson390 pages It’s more difficult to look for science books on an online catalouge than any other, partially because I can’t access … Continue reading →

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Atom

Posted on January 11, 2009 by smellincoffee

Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos© 1997 Isaac Asimov300ish pages Last week I wanted to read a little science, and my eyes fell upon — as luck would have it — Atom by Isaac Asimov. The book is an informal … Continue reading →

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Science Frontiers

Posted on December 26, 2008 by smellincoffee

Science Frontiers: 1945 –Ray Spangenburg and Diane Kit Moser © 2004246 pages including indexThis week I resumed my reading of Spangenburg and Moser’s updated “History of Science” series, finishing it off with Science Frontiers, which examines science since 1946. After … Continue reading →

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Modern Science

Posted on December 17, 2008 by smellincoffee

Modern Science 1896 – 1945© 2004 Ray Spangenburg and Diane Kit Moser206 pages I continued this week in a series that I began in the summer — Spangenburg and Moser’s “The History of Science” series, which is an update to … Continue reading →

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Almost Everyone’s Guide to Science

Posted on November 30, 2008 by smellincoffee

Almost Everyone’s Guide to Science© 1998 John Gribbin200ish pages What’s this? Science? With no history of- or -fiction added to it? Can it be? After so many months? Yes! The Thanksgiving holiday afforded me the opportunity to do more reading … Continue reading →

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