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  • Religious science and other science books

    Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 07:00 am in books RSS Feed science RSS Feed Religious RSS Feed

    Having posted about atheism recently on the SciScoop science forum, it seems quite apt to have received for review a couple of books with a religious theme at this time of year. The first is The Faith Instinct by Nicholas Wade. Wade is a well-known N...

  • More Summer Science Reads

    Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 11:00 am in books RSS Feed science RSS Feed climate RSS Feed moon RSS Feed

    Summer science reading requires a sequel as I suspect most of you have read all the previous recommendations for science books, or if you haven’t you’re not likely to pick them up now. So here are a few more choice tomes. In this 40th ann...

  • Science Books, Hayfever, and Plectrums

    Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 07:00 am in books RSS Feed science RSS Feed plectrums RSS Feed

    I’ve let quite a pile of review books accumulate on my desk again as well as a couple of non-book oddities, so here’s a quick round-up. First up is the Instant Egghead Guide to the Mind by Emily Anthes published by Scientific American. Th...

  • New Year Science Books

    Posted on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 at 07:00 am in books RSS Feed science RSS Feed science videos RSS Feed

    If you’re New Year’s resolution is to read more books, then check out the latest additions to my bulging shelves, order them quickly on Amazon and you may just have them in time to fulfill that New Year’s resolution: Experimental he...

  • This Guy Needs a Reality Check

    Posted on Wednesday November 26th, 2008 at 02:30 am in books RSS Feed science RSS Feed sociology RSS Feed social-media RSS Feed

    In the current economic climate, the “Downturn” as the BBC has so brazenly logo-ized it, when banks are running and companies are being crunched like so many cornflakes eaten during the breakfast news, tech companies need all the good adv...

  • Science Books

    Posted on Friday October 17th, 2008 at 07:00 am in books RSS Feed science RSS Feed

    Once again, I have a stack of great books sitting on the Sciencebase desk ready for review. First up is Go Green - How to Build an Earth-Friendly Community, which you will be pleased to learn has been published on apparently sustainable paper. The au...