Tag Archives: science
Essential Engineer
The Essential Engineer : why science alone will not solve our global problems / Henry Petroski, Knopf, 2010 This book compares engineers with scientists, and highlights the importance of engineering to humanity. Written by a mechanical engineer who is particularly … Continue reading
Wetware
Wetware : a computer in every living cell / Dennis Bray, Yale University Press, 2009 This book will interest zoologists. Can you compare living systems and computers? What are the origins of sentient properties from inanimate matter? The author discusses … Continue reading
Playful Brain
The Playful Brain : venturing to the limits of neuroscience / Sergio Pellis and Vivien Pellis, Oxford : Oneworld, 2009 Scientist learn much about the brain from watching rats play. Well written, hardcover, 250 pages.
Denialism
Denialism : How Irrational Thinking hinders scientific progress, harms the planet, and threatens our lives / Michael Specter, Penguin, 2009 Highly praised by Malcolm Gladwell. Hardcover, 250 pages.
Supersymmetry
Supersymmetry Demystified / Patrick Labelle, McGraw-Hill, 2010 This book is for students of particle physics. It explains the subject using some awe-inspiring formulas. 450 pages.
The Lives of the Brain
The Lives of the Brain : human evolution and the organ of mind / John S. Allen, Harvard, 2009 The latest research on how the brain works. Hardcover, 300 pages.
A Life Decoded
A Life Decoded – My Genome, My Life, Craig Venter, – 2007 The brilliant and outspoken scientist tells how one of the key scientific breakthroughs of the century was accomplished. Hardcover, 350 pages.
The Geek Atlas
The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science & Technology Come Alive, John Graham-Cumming, O’Reilly, 2009 If you are planning a trip, be sure to check this book first and find what interesting places you will be near. Don’t be surprised … Continue reading
No Small Matter
No Small Matter : science on the nanoscale / Felice C. Frankel, George M. Whitesides, Harvard University Press, 2009 Is this an Art Photography book by scientists? Or a Nanotech book for art photographers? You could learn much science from … Continue reading
Science Under Siege
Science Under Siege : defending science, exposing pseudoscience / edited by Kendrick Frazier, Prometheus, 2009 This is a compilation of articles by Carl Sagan, Martin Gardner, and other leading thinkers, about the importance of debunking pseudoscience and discussion of the … Continue reading
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