Tag Archives: science

This Week at the Library (15/8)

Posted on August 15, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Firestarter, Stephen King Hard Call, John McCain Second Foundation, Isaac Asimov Technopoly: the Surrender of Culture to Technology, Neil Postman The Ascent of Science, Brian L. Silver I began this week with Stephen King’s Firestarter, which was … 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 (31/7)

Posted on July 31, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx Nine Tales from Tomorrow, Isaac Asimov Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century, Neil Postman Books that Changed the World, Robert B. Downs The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene I mentioned a few … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (24/7)

Posted on July 24, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Personal Memoirs, US Grant The Universe in a Nutshell, Stephen Hawking Asimov’s Mysteries, Isaac Asimov Primates of the World, Rod and Ken Preston-Mafham The Rise of Reason, Ray Spangenburg and Diane Kit Moser I began this week … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (3/7)

Posted on July 3, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: The Steel Wave, Jeff Shaara The History of Science in the 19th Century, Ray Spangenburg and Diane Moser Tales of the Black Widowers, Isaac Asimov No Ordinary Time, Doris Kearns Goodwin The Blank Slate, Stephen Pinker The … 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 (28/2)

Posted on February 28, 2008 by smellincoffee

The History of the S.S. (G.S. Grabel)Washington’s Secret War (Thomas Fleming)The Trial of Madame Caillaux (Edward Berenson)Thomas Jefferson: Author of America. (Christopher Hitchens)How Few Remain (Harry Turtledove)Naturalist (E. O. Wilson)The Great War: American Front (Harry Turtledove) The first book I … Continue reading →

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The Best of 2007:

Posted on February 2, 2008 by smellincoffee

While I do enjoy writing about the books I read (writing in general, really) and sharing my thoughts, the primary purpose I have for this blog is to keep track of my own reading. It occurred to me today that … 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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This Week at the Library (11/9)

Posted on September 11, 2007 by smellincoffee

This Week at the Library (11/9) Currently Listening To: “Waking Up in the Universe“, Richard Dawkins ” It is sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their passion to figure out robs the world of beauty and mystery. But is … Continue reading →

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