Links to other pages & my other blog

▼
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
Monday, November 1, 2021

Atom Land by Jon Butterworth

›
Rating: WARTY! I usually like to favorably review science books that I read, because I usually enjoy them and I learn something. Once...
Monday, September 6, 2021

The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes

›
Rating: WORTHY! It came to my attention this morning that I never reviewed this book which I read some time ago and found fascinating,...
Sunday, August 1, 2021

Atlas of a Lost World by Craig Childs

›
Rating: WORTHY! Read decently by the author (I'm a big advocate of authors reading their own material for audio-books if they can)...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal

›
Rating: WORTHY! I thoroughly enjoyed this book, though it was rather on the long side and a bit rambling, but it's a topic I enjoy...
Monday, May 3, 2021

The Perfect Theory by Pedro G Ferreira

›
Rating: WORTHY! This book was much more my idea of a 'science for the masses' sort of a book. I have just reviewed A Natural ...

A Natural History of Color by Hans Bachor, Rob DeSalle

›
Rating: WARTY! The idiot librarians at Goodreads have this author listed as Bacher and Bachor. Way to go! It's yet another reaso...
Friday, April 2, 2021

The Ends of the World by Peter Brannen

›
Rating: WORTHY! Peter Brannen is a science journalist and in this audio book he talks (or more accurately, Adam Verner talks, since he...
Friday, January 1, 2021

Why Balloons Rise and Apples Fall by Jeff Stewart

›
Rating: WORTHY! Life is short and books are long - if not within the covers, then when referring to how many books there are otut here...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Vital Dust by Christian de Duve

›
Rating: WORTHY! This is one of my favorite books and covers a topic that doesn't get as much attention as evolution. It covers th...

Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin

›
Rating: WORTHY! This is a really superb book about a prediction made by the theory of evolution which was followed up by the author an...

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins

›
Rating: WORTHY! One mroe book of Dawkins's to fnish up my set of reviews, and this one was awful! Just kidding. No. Richard daw...
Saturday, November 28, 2020

Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins

›
Rating: WORTHY! Coming off the release of yet another children's work of fiction, and before I start on the next, it's time to...

Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins

›
Rating: WORTHY! Coming off the release of yet another children's work of fiction, and before I start on the next, it's time to...

The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins

›
Rating: WORTHY! Coming off the release of yet another children's work of fiction, and before I start on the next, it's time to...

River Out of Eden by Richard Dawkins

›
Rating: WORTHY! Coming off the release of yet another children's work of fiction, and before I start on the next, it's time to...

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

›
Rating: WORTHY! Coming off the release of yet another children's work of fiction, and before I start on the next, it's time to...

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

›
Rating: WORTHY! Coming off the release of yet another children's work of fiction, and before I start on the next, it's time to...

Evolution and the Myth of Creationism by Tim M Berra

›
Rating: WORTHY! Coming off the release of yet another children's work of fiction, and before I start on the next, it's time to...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by Adam Rutherford

›
Rating: WORTHY! Finally! I get to positively review a book! This one was great. This is the "Human Story Retold Through Our Ge...
Saturday, June 6, 2020

Bright Dreams The Brilliant Ideas of Nikola Tesla by Tracy Dockray

›
Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. I'm definitely not one of these people who thinks Niko...