Tag Archives: evolution

The Reluctant Mr. Darwin

Posted on February 19, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of his Theory of Evolution© 2006 Peter Quammen304 pages, including chronology, bibliography, notes, and index. I intended to read this for the week of Charles Darwin’s birthday … Continue reading →

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Why People Believe Weird Things

Posted on December 6, 2008 by smellincoffee

Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time2nd edition © 2002, Michael Shermer313 pages, plus extended bibliography and index Having been a skeptic for a few years now, I’ve heard this book referenced a lot … 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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This Week at the Library (7/8)

Posted on August 7, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice The Age of Synthesis, Ray Spangenburg and Diane Kit Moser Foundation, Isaac Asimov Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau I, Robot; Isaac Asimov I began this week with Anne Rice’s Interview with … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (17/6)

Posted on June 17, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: The History of Science in the 18th Century, Ray Spangenburg & Diane Moser More Tales of the Black Widowers, Isaac Asimov god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Christopher Hitchens The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins This … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (23/3)

Posted on March 23, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books Included in this Update:The Great War: Breakthrough by Harry TurtledoveBlood and Iron by Harry TurtledoveScience Firsts by Robert AdlerDarwin’s Ghost by Steve JonesPalestine: Peace not Apartheid by Jimmy CarterThe Bicentennial Man and Other Stories by Isaac AsimovStar Trek Academy: … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (21/9)

Posted on September 21, 2007 by smellincoffee

Current Music: “Rock and Roll All Night”, KISS The first book I read last week was River Out of Eden by Richard Dawkins. The river is a “river of information” — genetic information. The book doesn’t have the focus of … Continue reading →

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