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Tag Archives: Nuclear
Caesar’s Last Breath
Caesar’s Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us© 2017 Sam Kean384 pages In The Disappearing Spoon, Sam Kean offered a history of early chemistry, as we began to understand the elements that create our world, and the … Continue reading
Of astronomy and nuclear arms
This week has seen the fall of two TBR titles that double as my first science reads for 2022. StarTalk Radio is a podcast hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, and features interviews with prominent scientists, policy makers, etc, along with … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Astronomy, cosmology, energy, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nuclear, Physics, science
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Books books books
Between the nonfunctional hospital wifi and the only decent television programs being overtaken by baseball, most of my entertainment last week was good ol’ fashioned books. Midnight at Chernobyl popped onto my radar after I watched the excellent HBO series … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews, science
Tagged energy, espionage and commandos, evolution, history, human spaceflight, Jane Austen, Nuclear, psychology, Russia, science, women, WW2
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Whole Earth Disicpline
Whole Earth Disicpline: An Ecopragmatist Approach © 2010 Stewart Brand344 pages Sustainability is context, not a gadget or a single technology. From Stewart Brand, a lifelong environmentalist and creator-editor of the Whole Earth Catalog, comes this fascinating argument that the … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged climate change, energy, environmentalism, food and drink, Nuclear, sustainability
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A Bright Future
A Bright Future: How Some Nations have Solved Climate Change and How the Rest can Follow© 2019 Joshua Goldstein & Staffan Qvist245 pages It is past time for the global community to take climate change seriously. In order to make … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged climate change, energy, Nuclear, Politics-CivicInterest
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COVID Reviews #4: Persians, Nukes, and Bugs
On Wednesday I will have my COVID retest, annnnd I hope to have an answer by Thursday or Friday if I am fit for public consumption. I hope so: being in quarantine is a bit like being in a nursing … Continue reading