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Of Mars, Antarctica, and the human condition
Mars is a cold tease, an object of immediate interest to anyone who believes humanity needs to continue to venture outward. It’s neither so hostile or so far from us to preclude manned missions entirely, and it has its own resources that … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science
Tagged anthropology, Astronomy, evolution, geology, natural history, Nature, science
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Aerial Geology
Aerial Geology: A High Altitude Tour of North America’s Spectacular Volcanoes, Canyons, Glaciers, Lakes, Craters, and Peaks © 2017 Mary Caperton Morton 308 pages It was love at first sight, me and this book. There I was, cruising BooksAMillion … Continue reading
The Ice at the End of the World
© 2019 Jon Gertner 418 pages My reading journeys have taken me to Greenland recently, but instead of reading more about the Viking settlements there, I wanted to read about another tribe: the explorers and scientists who willingly endured months … Continue reading
The Ends of the World
The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions© 2017 Peter Brannen336 pages Earth has tried to kill us five times before, and now it’s at it again. (To be fair, … Continue reading
Encompassing Flagstaff: Geology Overload
Today’s post covers a few of my “driving days”, spanning the AZ/Nevada border almost to the AZ/New Mexico border. One of my favorite aspects of driving in Arizona was that sometimes I’d top a hill and see what seemed to … Continue reading
The Dragon Seekers
The Dragon Seekers: How An Extraordinary Cicle Of Fossilists Discovered The Dinosaurs And Paved The Way For Darwin© 2009 Christopher McGowan272 pages Ancient bones and magnets were both known to antiquity, but not until the 19th century did their importance … Continue reading
A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
The Canon: A whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science© 2007 Natalie Angier293 pages Science is amazing! Why is so much of the writing about it so lame? Natalie Angier’s The Canon first reviews the principles of scientific thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged biochemistry, biology, chemistry, evolution, geology, Physics, science, skepticism
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Week of Enchantment: Into the Hole He Goes
My first morning in the west opened to a glorious sunrise. I was up with the dawn, for after a ride into town to eat breakfast, I intended to drive the twenty miles out to the Caverns to be there … Continue reading
Volcanoes in Human History
As with Earthquakes in Human History, this is exactly as it describes itself. A mix of science and history, the authors begin with an explanation of volcanic activity before moving on to cover a few key eruptions. Volcanoes illustrate that … Continue reading
The Deep: Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss
The Deep: the Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss253 pages© 2007 Claire Nouvian I’ve been enjoying a gallery book devoted to the extraordinary creatures of the deep sea these past two weeks. Edited by Claire Nouvian, The Deep collects some of … Continue reading
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