Books: Science
Currently listing articles 306-251:
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Book Review: The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris— Analyzing the human as an animal, from the view of a zoologist, rather than the more common means of a psychologist or sociologist.
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Book Review: Bonk - The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach— Mary Roach delivers science in a down-to-earth and riotous fashion, yet accessible to readers without a science background.
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Book Review: The Wisdom Of Whores by Elizabeth Pisani— The Wisdom Of Whores paints as true a picture as possible of the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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Book Review: The Grizzly Maze - Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears by Nick Jans— One writer takes a look back at the life and death of Timothy Treadwell.
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Book Review: The Devil's Bones by Jefferson Bass— This writing team combines bone chilling real-life forensic knowledge into the work of fiction.
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Book Review: Arrival Of The Prince By James Rutledge— If you only read one book this year, make it Arrival Of The Prince, a superior work of fiction.
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Book Review: Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong — Translated By Howard Goldblatt— "Wolf Totem" is a beautiful and heartbreaking story that everybody who cares about the state of the world should read.
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Book Review: The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo— The man who ran the Sanford Prison Experiment shows how evil is not just a thing within the individual.
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Book Review: This Is Your Brain On Music - The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin— Your brain's going gonzo when you listen to music, and Daniel J. Levitin knows why.
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Interview with James Hardt, Ph.D., Author of The Art of Smart Thinking— ...about human consciousness and workings of the ego.
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Book Review: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman— Not so much an inconvenient truth as an unconventional thought: how would planet Earth fare without the human race?
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Book Review: Mysteries of the Middle Ages - The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe by Thomas Cahill— Thomas Cahill goes Medievel on readers...
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Book Review: The Ghost Map - The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic, and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson— "A story with four protagonists: a deadly bacterium, a vast city and two gifted but very different men.”
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Book Review: Evolution for Everyone - How Darwin’s Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives by David Sloan Wilson— Evolution may be for everyone, but this book is only for some. At least it's not The God Delusion.
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Book Review: Digital Astrophotography by Stefan Seip— Spend an evening taking pictures of the stars. No, not those stars ...
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Book Review: George's Secret Key to the Universe by Stephen and Lucy Hawking— A nice blend between physical fact, science fiction, and that lovely sense of wonder that underpins astronomy.
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Book Review - Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway: An Epoch Tale of a Scientist and an Artist on the Ultimate 5,000-Mile Paleo Road Trip— Belongs on the coffee tables of every paleonerd, art lover and general science enthusiast and in the home of anyone with children.
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Christians Lose Their Compass: A Closer Look At Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy— Pullman raises issues which we should be embracing, such as the importance of free will and the danger of religious oligarchy.
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Book Review: Ecohouse: A Design Guide, 3rd Edition, by Sue Roaf, Manuel Fuentes, and Stephanie Thomas— A beautifully designed, well-written, thorough guide to the ecohouse. Much recommended as both an inspiration and a technical guide.
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Book Review: This Is Your Brain On Music by Daniel J. Levitin
— Hits the right notes as he connects unfamiliar and occasionally arcane theories with familiar pop culture references.
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Book Review: The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better by Sandra and Matthew Blakeslee— I feel, therefore I think...
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Book Review: The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery— A global warming warning from an advocate for action.
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Book Review: Cross-Time Engineer (The Adventures of Conrad Stargard, Book 1) by Leo Frankowski— Don't get drunk at the Red Gate Inn. You may go back seven centuries in time.
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Book Review: The Geography of Hope by Chris Turner— An environmental evangelical, not of sin and eternal fires of ecological collapse, but of virtue and paradise promised by change.
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Book Review: Blue Death - Disease, Disaster and the Water We Drink by Dr. Robert D. Morris— After reading this book, you might want to buy a water filter for your house.
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Book Review: Virtual Worlds - Rewiring Your Emotional Future by Jack Myers— A near Utopian vision of human transformation and evolution through immersion in virtual worlds.
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Book Review: An Ocean of Air - Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere by Gabrielle Walker — A wonderful journey behind the science of air through a series of biographical narratives to be read and re-read.
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An Interview with Julie K. Silver, MD, Author of Super Healing— Covering our natural healing potential, how to master the recovery process, and how to plan a speedy return to optimal health.
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Book Review - The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War by David Livingstone Smith— If David Livingstone Smith's analysis in this book is correct, then we all should read it: it is that important.
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Book Review: The Revenge of Gaia by James Lovelock— The man who grasped the nature of Gaia takes her temperature, and finds she has one hell of a fever.
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Book Review: The Beck Diet Solution: Weight Loss Workbook by Judith S. Beck— Find out how to use Cognitive Therapy to help you lose weight on a diet that works.
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Book Review: Dirt: The Erosion of Civilization by David R. Montgomery— That our potential to provide the food a growing world population needs is in question is not widely known...
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Book Review: Something Rich And Strange by Patricia A. McKillip— Fantasy and myth are wonderful, but sometimes reality is even more spectacular.
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Book Review: Hollow Earth by David Standish— One of the most widely "accepted" conspiracy theories around is explored in this well-written book on science and SF.
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Book Review: Talking Hands - What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind by Margalit Fox— Talking Hands is an adroit and dexterous gesture about a blossomed language that is not shorthanded on fascination.
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Book Review: Next Now by Marian Salzman and Ira Matathia— This book on emerging trends comes a handful of years too late and ends up being more of a retrospective.
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Book Review: This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitin
— Levitin's curiosity allows the reader to share in not just an increased understanding of music, but also a sense of wonder.
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Book Review: Underwater to Get Out of The Rain by Trevor Norton— Trevor Norton takes readers across the globe and into the sea in this exceptional work.
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Book Review: Twilight in the Desert - The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy by Matthew R. Simmons— An excellent technical analysis of Saudi Arabia oil production and challenges faced by engineers trying to maintain current production levels.
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Walking on the Wild Side— It occurred to me that maybe music actually springs from the rhythms of walking.
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Interview With Walter Isaacson, Author of Einstein: His Life And Universe— Einstein once said, "Subtle is the Lord, but malicious he is not."
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Book Review: CD and DVD Forensics by Paul Crowley and Dave Kleiman— This is a great primer on the exciting field of electronic forensics regarding CD and DVD formats.
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Book Review: Framing the Debate - Famous Speeches and How Progressives Can Use Them to Change the Conversation (and Win Elections) by Jeffrey Feldman— Feldman makes clear that framing has been used as far back as Revolutionary War times, and likely longer than that.
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Book Review: The Myths Of Innovation by Scott Berkun— If you want to learn and you have a sense of humor, then The Myths Of Innovation is for you.
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Book Review: Land Of The Lost Mammoths and Pirates, Bats, And Dragons by Mike Davis— Books for a youth audience that have more on their minds than what to wear to the prom.
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Book Review: Uncertainty - Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science by David Lindley— David Lindley’s Uncertainty provides a highly readable account of the uncertainty principle and the scientists involved in its discovery.
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Book Review: The Feeling of What Happens - Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness by Antonio Damasio— What does it mean to be alive? To be aware? Antonio Damasio searches for the answer deep in our dura mater.
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Book Review: How Doctors Think by Jerome Goopman— A must-read for layman and doctors alike.
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Book Review: Into That Silent Sea by Francis French and Colin Burgess — This well-written history of the first manned space missions reminds us what daring and giant steps they were.
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Book Review: Survival of the Sickest - A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease by by Sharon Moalem and Jonathan Prince— The authors look at disease through the lens of evolution, asking, "if evolution is all about survival, why would it select for deadly diseases?"
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Book Review: 40 Days and 40 Nights by Matthew Chapman— Kitzmiller v Dover is a turning point in the history of science education in America, but it’s also a personal story.
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Book Review: Strange Son: Two Mothers, Two Sons, and the Quest to Unlock the Hidden World of Autism by Portia Iversen— Bridging the gap to a severely austic mind.
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Book Review: Riddled With Life - Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites that Make Us Who We Are by Marlene Zuk— Bugs. Parasites. Jungle fowl! Oh My!
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Book Review: Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain by Sharon Begley— The human brain can change, rewiring itself.
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Book Review: Creativity - The Magic Synthesis by Silvano Arieti— Where do all the good ideas come from? Madmen and artists, according to Silvio Areti. What else is new?
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Book Review: Miracle Medicines - Seven Lifesaving Drugs And The People Who Created Them by Robert L. Shook— As this fascinating chronicle shows, it takes years of research and hundreds of millions of dollars to move from concept to prescription.
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