Tag Archives: science

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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Great Feuds in Science

Posted on November 17, 2008 by smellincoffee

Great Feuds in Science: Ten of the liveliest disputes everHal Hellman © 1998192 pages, plus bibliography and index Last week I wanted to read a little science, and while roaming through the shelves, my eyes found this book. It looked … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind

Posted on October 19, 2008 by smellincoffee

(Click title to see the book cover.)The Greatest Benefit to MankindRoy Porter, © 1997W.W. Norton & Company: New York, London831 pages I’ve been reading The Greatest Benefit to Mankind for the past two weeks. Its full title is “The Greatest … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (7/10)

Posted on October 8, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update Tilting the Balance, Harry Turtledove Prelude to Foundation, Isaac Asimov Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer I continued in the Worldwar series by Harry Turtledove, which sees an alien invasion of Earth in 1942 — thus interrupting the second … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (3/9)

Posted on September 3, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Jailbird, Kurt Vonnegut The Ascent of Science, Brian Silver Foundation and Empire, Isaac Asimov It’s Been a Good Life, Isaac Asimov For the Love of Life, Erich Fromm I began this week by reading Kurt Vonnegut’s Jailbird, … Continue reading →

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