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Great Feuds in Science
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
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind
(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
Posted in Reviews, science
Tagged history of science, humanities, medicine, recommended to me, science
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This Week at the Library (7/10)
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
This Week at the Library (3/9)
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
This Week at the Library (15/8)
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
This Week at the Library (7/8)
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
This Week at the Library (31/7)
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
This Week at the Library (24/7)
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
This Week at the Library (3/7)
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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Tagged Doris Kearns Goodwin, historical fiction, history, Isaac Asimov, psychology, science
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This Week at the Library (23/3)
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
