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[[image:Sbc2009.jpg|right|thumb|The image is a portion of the fractal Mandelbrot set, created by [http://www.flickr.com/people/-marlith-/ Kevin Wong] ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/-marlith-/2437198527/ source]); [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en Creative Commons License], used with permission. Please use this image in your own blog to publicize the 2009 Science-Book Challenge.]] <center>Read a book for science literacy! ~~Join the challenge any time in 2009~~.</center>

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[[image:Sbc2009.jpg|right|thumb|The image is a portion of the fractal Mandelbrot set, created by [http://www.flickr.com/people/-marlith-/ Kevin Wong] ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/-marlith-/2437198527/ source]); [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en Creative Commons License], used with permission. Please use this image in your own blog to publicize the 2009 Science-Book Challenge.]] <center>Read a book for science literacy! The [[Science Book Challenge 2010 |2010 Challenge]] is now open; please join us there.</center>

The Science-Book Challenge is easy: read three science books in 2009, then tell others about the books you've read and help spread science literacy.

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Reading about science--by which we mean to include engineering, mathematics, and technology, too--is fun '''and''' rewarding. We encourage others to read about science, and help potential readers find books that they will enjoy and profit from reading, by publishing our [[:Category:Book Notes|Book Notes]], which are written by Ars Hermeneutica employees, volunteers, friends, and science-book challengers.

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We're looking for science-book readers to help us help ~~other~~ science-book readers by sharing their own opinions about the science books they've read.

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We're looking for science-book readers to help us help would-be science-book readers by sharing their own opinions about the science books they've read.

===The 2009 Science-Book Challenge===

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# Don't worry if you find that you've read a book someone else has also read; we welcome multiple notes on one title.

# Get your book note to us and we'll post it with the other notes in our Book Note section. Use the [[Special:BooknoteForm | book-note form]] or the [[Special:CommentForm | comment form]] to get in touch with us.

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# Tell other people about the Science-Book Challenge: [http://~~ArsHermeneutica~~.~~org~~/~~besieged~~/~~Science-Book_Challenge_2009~~ http://~~ArsHermeneutica~~.~~org~~/~~besieged~~/~~Science-Book_Challenge_2009~~].

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# Tell other people about the Science-Book Challenge: [http://scienticity.net/wiki/Science_Book_Challenge http://scienticity.net/wiki/Science_Book_Challenge].

Stuck for ideas about what books to read? [[Special:CommentForm | Write to us]] and we'll help you identify some books that will match your interests.

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! valign="top" align="left" | Titles & Links to Book Notes

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~Melanie K.~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | Melwyk ([[:Category:MK | MK ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://indextrious.blogspot.com/ The Indextrious Reader]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~spontaneous~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Nabhan: Where Our Food Comes From | Gary Paul Nabhan, ''Where Our Food Comes From : Retracing Nikolay Vavilov’s Quest to End Famine'']] [[Reeves: A Force of Nature | Richard Reeves, ''A Force of Nature : The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford'']] [[Florey: Script and Scribble | Kitty Burns Florey, ''Script and Scribble : The Rise and Fall of Handwriting'']] [[Wolf: Proust and the Squid | Maryanne Wolf, ''Proust and the Squid : The Story and Science of the Reading Brain'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Jenny S.

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| valign="top" align="left" | Lynda

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| valign="top" align="left" | Lynda ([[:Category:LBB | LBB ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/ Lynda's Book Blog]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~tentatively~~: ''~~Do Polar Bears Get Lonely~~? : And 101 Other ~~Intriguing Science~~ Questions''~~, by Mick O'Hare~~ ~~''A Short History of Nearly Everything''~~, ~~by Bill Bryson ~~''~~How to Dunk a Doughnut~~ : ~~The Science Of Everyday Life~~''~~, by Len Fisher~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Walker: The Hot Topic | Gabrielle Walker and David King, ''The Hot Topic : How to Tackle Global Warming and Still Keep the Lights On'']] [[New Scientist: Does Anything Eat Wasps | New Scientist [magazine], ''Does Anything Eat Wasps? : And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions you Never Thought you Wanted to Ask'']] [[New Scientist: Do Polar Bears Get Lonely | New Scientist [magazine], Mick O’Hare, editor, ''Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? : And Answers to 100 Other Weird and Wacky Questions about how the World Works'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Violette Severin

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| valign="top" align="left" | Violette Severin ([[:Category:VS | VS ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://themysterybookshelf.blogspot.com/ The Mystery Bookshelf]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~spontaneous~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Zimmerman: The Universe in a Mirror | Robert Zimmerman, ''The Universe in a Mirror : The Saga of the Hubble Telescope and the Visionaries who Built It'']] [[Kanipe: The Cosmic Connection | Jeff Kanipe, ''The Cosmic Connection : How Astronomical Events Impact Life on Earth'']] [[Tyson: The Pluto Files (2) | Neil deGrasse Tyson, ''The Pluto Files : The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet'']] [[Koeppel: Banana | Dan Koeppel, ''Banana : The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Lisa Clayton

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| valign="top" align="left" | Eva

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| valign="top" align="left" | Eva ([[:Category:EVA | EVA ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://astripedarmchair.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/science-book-challenge-09 A Striped Armchair]

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| valign="top" align="left" | (~~Visit her blog~~ for ~~an extensive list~~ of ~~possible titles!~~)

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Le Couteur: Napoleon's Buttons (2) | Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson, ''Napoleon's Buttons : How 17 Molecules Changed History'']] [[Lehrer: Proust Was a Neuroscientist | Jonah Lehrer, ''Proust Was a Neuroscientist'']] [[Sacks: Oaxaca Journal | Oliver Sacks, ''Oaxaca Journal'']] [[Blum: Ghost Hunters | Deborah Blum, ''Ghost Hunters : William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life after Death'']] [[Judson: Dr Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation | Olivia Judson, ''Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation'']] [[King: Brunelleschi’s Dome | Ross King, ''Brunelleschi’s Dome : How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture'']] [[Ramachandran: Phantoms in the Brain | V.S. Ramachandran, and Sandra Blakeslee, ''Phantoms in the Brain : Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind'']] [[Sacks: Uncle Tungsten (2) | Oliver W. Sacks, ''Uncle Tungsten : Memories of a Chemical Boyhood'']] [[Suzuki: Tree | David Suzuki and Wayne Grady, art by Robert Bateman, ''Tree : A Life Story'']] [[McKibben: Deep Economy | Bill McKibben, ''Deep Economy : The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future'']] [[Gawande: Complications | Atul Gawande, ''Complications : Notes from the Life of a Young Surgeon'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Brandi

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| valign="top" align="left" | Melanie

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| valign="top" align="left" | Melanie ([[:Category:MKI | MKI ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://tigermel.blogspot.com/ Cynical Optimism]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Kaku: Physics of the Impossible | Michio Kaku, ''Physics of the Impossible : A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel'']] [[Plait: Death from fhe Skies | Philip Plait, ''Death from the Skies! : These are the Ways the World Will End--'']] [[Shubin: Your Inner Fish | Neil Shubin, ''Your Inner Fish : A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Care

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| valign="top" align="left" | Care ([[:Category:CBC | CBC ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://bkclubcare.wordpress.com/ Care’s Online Book Club]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Orlean: The Orchid Thief (2) | Susan Orlean, ''The Orchid Thief'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Kristi

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| valign="top" align="left" | Kristi H. ([[:Category:KNH | KNH ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://booksandneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2008/12/science-book-challenge.html Books and Needlepoint]

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| valign="top" align="left" |[[Chornook: Walking with Wolf | Kay Chornook and Wolf Guindon, ''Walking with Wolf : Reflections on a Life Spent Protecting the Costa Rican Wilderness'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ''The Story of God'', by Robert Winston ''The Force'', by Lynne McTaggart ''God and the New Physics'', by Paul Davies ''Elephants on Acid and Other Bizarre Experiments'', by Alex Boese ''Your Inner Fish: The Amazing Discovery of Our 375-Million-Year-Old Ancestor'', by Neil Shubin ''What the Bleep do we Know?'', by William Arntz and Betsy Chasse ''The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space : 42 Questions (and Answers) about Life, the Universe, and Everything'', by Jim Lebans

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| valign="top" align="left" | Debi

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| valign="top" align="left" | Debi ([[:Category:DAS | DAS ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://dastevenslists.blogspot.com/2008/12/science-book-challenge.html Reading Challenge Obsessed...]

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| valign="top" align="left" | (Visit her blog for an extensive list of possible titles!)

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Schultz: The Stuff of Life | Mark Schultz, ''The Stuff of Life : A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA'']] (Visit her blog for an '''extensive''' list of possible titles!)

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| valign="top" align="left" | Jessi

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| valign="top" align="left" | raidergirl3 ([[:Category:RG3 | RG3 ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com/ an adventure in reading]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~Tom R~~.

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| valign="top" align="left" | T. Robertson

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| valign="top" align="left" | ''The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Apirituality'', by Dalai Lama ''Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales'', by William Bass ''What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture'', by Edward Slingerland ''Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique'', by Michael S. Gazzaniga

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| valign="top" align="left" | Rich

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| valign="top" align="left" | Rich ([[:Category:RTS | RTS ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://dickostevens.blogspot.com/2008/12/science-challenge-made-for-me.html Dick-o's Deep Thoughts]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~Possibles~~:~~ ~~''~~Bones~~ of ~~Contention~~''~~, by Paul Chambers~~ ''The ~~Red Queen''~~, ~~by Matt Ridley ''Life of Insects'', by Vincent Wigglesworth ~~''The ~~Pleasures~~ of ~~Entomology''~~, ~~by Howard Evans Any one of the wonderful books by Stephen Jay Gould~~, ~~especially ''Wonderful Life~~'' ''~~Biology of the Amphibia~~''~~, by Gladwyn Noble~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Shipman: Taking Wing | Pat Shipman, ''Taking Wing : Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight'']] [[Beard: The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey | Chris Beard, ''The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey : Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes, and Humans'']] [[Johanson: Lucy's Legacy | Donald C. Johanson and Kate Wong, ''Lucy’s Legacy : The Quest for Human Origins'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~Elizabeth L.~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | EHL ([[:Category:EHL | EHL ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | n/a

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~spontaneous~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Glover: The Shipwreck that Saved Jamestown | Lorri Glover and Daniel Blake Smith, ''The Shipwreck that Saved Jamestown : The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America'']] [[McCarty: What Really Sank the Titanic | Jennifer Hooper McCarty and Tim Foecke, ''What Really Sank the Titanic : New Forensic Discoveries'']] [[Levitt: Freakonomics (2) | Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, ''Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything'']] [[Fleming: The Inner Voice | Renée Fleming, ''The Inner Voice : The Making of a Singer.'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Adrienne

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| valign="top" align="left" | Adrienne ([[:Category:AIJ | AIJ ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://titlesareirrelevant.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post.html Titles are Irrelevant]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~planned~~: ''~~Monster of God~~'', by David ~~Quammen~~ ''~~Alex & Me~~'', by ~~Irene Pepperberg~~ ''~~Parasite Rex~~'', by Carl Zimmer

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Strogatz: Sync | Steven H. Strogatz, ''Sync : The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | R. Williams

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]

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| valign="top" align="left" | S. Poduska

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]

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| valign="top" align="left" | C. Howard

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| valign="top" align="left" |[http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]

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| valign="top" align="left" | J.P. Howard

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]

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| valign="top" align="left" | J. Dorrance

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| valign="top" align="left" | T. Wilson

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]

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| valign="top" align="left" | B. Kane

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| valign="top" align="left" | D. Robertson

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Chile ([[:Category:CC | CC ]])

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://chilechews.blogspot.com/ Chile Chews]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Sherwood: The Survivors Club | Ben Sherwood, ''The Survivors Club : The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life'']] [[Livingston: Edible Plants and Animals | A.D. Livingston and Helen Livingston, ''Edible Plants and Animals : Unusual Foods from Aardvark to Zamia'']] [[Murphy: Plan C | Pat Murphy, ''Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Jen R.

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://www.aaron-n-jen.com/ Living Life Simply]

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| valign="top" align="left" | tentatively: ''Blue Frontier'', by David Helvarg ''The Earth Moved'', by Amy Stewart ''Bottomfeeder'', by Taras Grescoe

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| valign="top" align="left" | Joyce

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://tallgrassworship.blogspot.com/ tallgrassworship]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ''Watermania'', by Eliazbeth Royte ''This is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession'', by Daniel Levitin ''The End of Food'', by Paul Roberts

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| valign="top" align="left" | Matheus

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://secondistherest.blogspot.com/ Second is the Rest]

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| valign="top" align="left" | possibles: ''Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!'' by Richard Feynman ''The Linguistics Wars'', by Randy Allen Harris ''Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology'', by Daniel Dennett ''On Nature and Language'', by Noam Chomsky ''Language and Mind'', by Noam Chomsky ''The Empirical Stance'', by Bas van Fraassen ''Pursuit of Truth'', by W. V. Quine ''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'', by Thomas Kuhn

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| valign="top" align="left" | psuklinkie

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://lightupmyroom.blogspot.com/ Light Up My Room]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ''In Defense of Food'', by Michael Pollen ''The Anatomist'', by Bill Hayes ''Fast Food Nation'', by Eric Schlosser ''The Way We Eat'', by Peter Singer and Jim Mason

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| valign="top" align="left" | Debra

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| valign="top" align="left" | Rose

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://rosiegirlblog.blogspot.com/ Making the Shift]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Brittanie ([[:Category:BT | BT ]])

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://abookloverforever.blogspot.com/2009/01/science-book-challenge-2009.html A Book Lover]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [Henslin: This Is Your Brain On Joy | Earl Henslin with Becky Johnson, ''This is Your Brain on Joy : A Revolutionary Program for Balancing Mood, Restoring Brain Health, and Nurturing Spiritual Growth'']

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| valign="top" align="left" | Debbie ([[:Category:DC | DC ]])

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://ritesofpassage.us/2009/01/09/science-book-challenge-2009/ Rites of Passage]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Johnson: Miss Leavitt's Stars (2)| George Johnson, ''Miss Leavitt’s Stars : The Untold Story of the Woman who Discovered How to Measure the Universe'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Ruchi (aka Arduous)

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://arduousblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/science-book-challenge.html Arduous Blog]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ''Uncertainty on a Himalayan Scale'', by Michael Thompson and others TBD

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| valign="top" align="left" | Killi M. ([[:Category:KM | KM ]])

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://killimengri.wordpress.com/ Killimengri's Weblog]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Wellstead: The Ferret and Ferreting Guide | Graham Wellstead, ''The Ferret and Ferreting Guide'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Nymeth

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://thingsmeanalot.blogspot.com/2009/01/science.html things mean a lot]

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| valign="top" align="left" | (Visit her blog for an extensive list of possible titles!)

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| valign="top" align="left" | Rachel (Book Trout) ([[:Category:RBT | RBT ]])

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://www.booktrout.blogspot.com/ Book Trout]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Heinrich: Ravens in Winter | Bernd Heinrich, ''Ravens in Winter'']] [[Twigger: The Extinction Club | Robert Twigger, ''The Extinction Club'']] ''Bully for Brontosaurus'', by Stephen Jay Gould ''Equations of Eternity: Speculations on Consciousness, Meaning, and the Mathematical Rules that Orchestrate the Cosmos'', by David Darling

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| valign="top" align="left" | Cynthia Menard

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://www.withywindlebooks.blogspot.com/ Withywindle Books]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Gavin ([[:Category:GG | GG ]])

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://page247.wordpress.com/ Page247]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Everett: Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes | Daniel L. Everett, ''Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes : Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle'']] [[Carroll: Remarkable Creatures | Sean B. Carroll, ''Remarkable Creatures : Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species'']] [[Fiennes: The Snow Geese | William Fiennes, ''The Snow Geese : A Story of Home'']] [[Streever: Cold | Bill Streever, ''Cold : Adventures in the World’s Frozen Places. New York'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Raquel H. ([[:Category:RSPH | RSPH ]])

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Stewart: Letters to a Young Mathematician | Ian Stewart, ''Letters to a Young Mathematician'']] [[Sabbagh: The Riemann Hypothesis | Karl Sabbagh, ''The Riemann Hypothesis : The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Roy H.

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| valign="top" align="left" | Jennifer G.

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://engelsigh.blogspot.com/2009/02/science-book-challenge.html Waiting on Sunday to drown]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Abbie (AR)

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://farmersdaughterct.wordpress.com Farmer's Daughter]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Joanne M ([[:Category:JLS | JLS ]])

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://www.joannelovesscience.com/ Joanne Loves Science]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Plait: Death from fhe Skies (2) | Philip Plait, ''Death from the Skies! : These are the Ways the World Will End--'']] [[Holmes: The Well-Dressed Ape | Hannah Holmes, ''The Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself'']] [[Michaels: Doubt is their Product | David Michaels, ''Doubt is their Product : How Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens your Health'']] [[Gray: Mad Science Experiments | Theodore Gray, ''Theo Gray’s Mad Science Experiments You Can Do at Home--But Probably Shouldn’t'']] [[Oakley: Evil Genes | Barbara Oakley, ''Evil Genes : Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed and my Sister Stole my Mother’s Boyfriend'']] [[Paglen: Blank Spots on the Map | Trevor Paglen, ''Blank Spots on the Map : The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World'']] [[Zimmer: Microcosm | Carl Zimmer, Microcosm : ''E. Coli and the New Science of Life'']] [[Tyson: The Pluto Files | Neil deGrasse Tyson, ''The Pluto Files : The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet'']] [[Nardi: Life in the Soil | James B. Nardi, ''Life in the Soil : A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners'']] [[Alcabes: Dread | Philip Alcabes, ''Dread : How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu'']] [[Winchester: Krakatoa | Simon Winchester, ''Krakatoa : The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | M H Caro (MHC)

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| valign="top" align="left" | Heather J. ([[:Category:HJ3 | HJ3 ]])

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://age30books.blogspot.com Age 30+ ... A Lifetime of Books]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Winchester: The Man Who Loved China | Simon Winchester, The Man Who Loved China : ''The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom'']] [[Guy: The Mysterious Receding Seas | Richard Guy, ''The Mysterious Receding Seas'']] [[Lightman: A Sense of the Mysterious (2)| Alan Lightman, ''A Sense of the Mysterious : Science and the Human Spirit'']] [[Hutchins: The Secret Doorway | Paul Hutchins, ''The Secret Doorway : Beyond Imagination'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Jenn

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://4-res-challenges.blogspot.com/2009/08/science-book-challenge-2009.html Chasing the Mouse...]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Danielle Meitiv

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://bravebluewords.com Brave Blue Worlds]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Sheila M Ryan

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://twitter.com/ryanindexing Ryan Indexing]

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| valign="top" align="left" | spontaneous

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| valign="top" align="left" | Ken Perrott ([[:Category:KP | KP ]])

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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://openparachute.wordpress.com Open Parachute]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Morgan: Poles Apart | Gareth Morgan and John McCrystal, ''Poles Apart : The Great Climate Change Debate'']] [[Stenger: Quantum Gods | Victor J. Stenger, ''Quantum Gods : Creation, Chaos, and the Search for Cosmic Consciousness'']] [[Chalmers: The Scientist's Atom and the Philosopher's Stone | Alan Chalmers, ''The Scientist’s Atom and the Philosopher’s Stone : How Science Succeeded and Philosophy Failed to Gain Knowledge of Atoms'']] [[Foster: Critique of Intelligent Design | John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark, and Richard York. ''Critique of Intelligent Design : Materialism Versus Creationism from Antiquity to the Present'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Richard ([[:Category:RRT | RRT ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | n/a

| valign="top" align="left" | spontaneous

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~SJB~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | Isaac ([[:Category:SJB | SJB ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | n/a

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~spontaneous~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Wilson: Lewis Carroll in Numberland | Robin Wilson, ''Lewis Carroll in Numberland : His Fantastical, Mathematical, Logical Life: An Agony in Eight Fits'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | JNS

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| valign="top" align="left" | Jeff ([[:Category:JNS | JNS ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://bearcastle.com/blog Bearcastle Blog]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~spontaneous~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Fagan: The Little Ice Age | Brian Fagan, ''The Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300 – 1850'']] [[Gazzaniga: Human | Michael S. Gazzaniga, ''Human : The Science Behind what Makes us Unique'']] [[Gribbin: The Birth of Time | John Gribbin, ''The Birth of Time : How Astronomers Measured the Age of the Universe'']] [[Mlodinow: The Drunkard's Walk | Leonard Mlodinow, ''The Drunkard's Walk : How Randomness Rules our Lives'']] [[Johnson: The Invention of Air | Steven Johnson, ''The Invention of Air : A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America'']] [[Seife: Sun in a Bottle | Charles Seife, ''Sun in a Bottle : The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking'']] [[Fagan: The Long Summer | Brian Fagan, ''The Long Summer : How Climate Changed Civilization'']] [[Gilder: The Age of Entanglement | Louisa Gilder, ''The Age of Entanglement : When Quantum Physics was Reborn'']] [[Wolverton: A Life in Twilight | Mark Wolverton, ''A Life in Twilight : The Final Years of J. Robert Oppenheimer'']] [[Crouch: Lighter than Air | Tom D. Crouch, ''Lighter than Air : An Illustrated History of Balloons and Airships'']] [[Potter: You Are Here | Christopher Potter, ''You Are Here : A Portable History of the Universe'']] [[Gribbin: Schroedinger's Kittens | John Gribbin, ''Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality : Solving the Quantum Mysteries'']] [[Gribbin: Stardust | John Gribbin with Mary Gribbin, ''Stardust : Supernovae and Life—The Cosmic Connection'']] [[Chaikin: A Passion for Mars | Andrew Chaikin, ''A Passion for Mars : Intrepid Explorers of the Red Planet'']] [[Muller: Physics for Future Presidents | Richard A. Muller, ''Physics for Future Presidents : The Science Behind the Headlines'']] [[Michaels: Doubt is their Product (2) | David Michaels, ''Doubt is Their Product : How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health'']] [[Crease: The Great Equations | Robert P. Crease, ''The Great Equations : Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg'']]

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-[[image:Sbc2009.jpg|right|thumb|The image is a portion of the fractal Mandelbrot set, created by  [http://www.flickr.com/people/-marlith-/ Kevin Wong] ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/-marlith-/2437198527/ source]); [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en Creative Commons License], used with permission. Please use this image in your own blog to publicize the 2009 Science-Book Challenge.]] <center><b>Read a book for science literacy!<br>Join the challenge any time in 2009.</b></center>
+[[image:Sbc2009.jpg|right|thumb|The image is a portion of the fractal Mandelbrot set, created by  [http://www.flickr.com/people/-marlith-/ Kevin Wong] ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/-marlith-/2437198527/ source]); [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en Creative Commons License], used with permission. Please use this image in your own blog to publicize the 2009 Science-Book Challenge.]] <center><b>Read a book for science literacy!<br>The [[Science Book Challenge 2010 |2010 Challenge]] is now open;<br> please join us there.</b></center>
 The Science-Book Challenge is easy: read three science books in 2009, then tell others about the books you've read and help spread science literacy.
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 Reading about science--by which we mean to include engineering, mathematics, and technology, too--is fun '''and''' rewarding. We encourage others to read about science, and help potential readers find books that they will enjoy and profit from reading, by publishing our [[:Category:Book Notes|Book Notes]], which are written by Ars Hermeneutica employees, volunteers, friends, and science-book challengers.
-We're looking for science-book readers to help us help other science-book readers by sharing their own opinions about the science books they've read.
+We're looking for science-book readers to help us help would-be science-book readers by sharing their own opinions about the science books they've read.
 ===The 2009 Science-Book Challenge===
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 # Don't worry if you find that you've read a book someone else has also read; we welcome multiple notes on one title.
 # Get your book note to us and we'll post it with the other notes in our Book Note section. Use the [[Special:BooknoteForm | book-note form]] or the [[Special:CommentForm | comment form]] to get in touch with us.
-# Tell other people about the Science-Book Challenge: [http://ArsHermeneutica.org/besieged/Science-Book_Challenge_2009 http://ArsHermeneutica.org/besieged/Science-Book_Challenge_2009].
+# Tell other people about the Science-Book Challenge: [http://scienticity.net/wiki/Science_Book_Challenge http://scienticity.net/wiki/Science_Book_Challenge].
 Stuck for ideas about what books to read? [[Special:CommentForm | Write to us]] and we'll help you identify some books that will match your interests.
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 ! valign="top" align="left"   | Titles & Links to Book Notes
 |-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
-| valign="top" align="left"   | Melanie K.
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Melwyk   ([[:Category:MK | MK ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://indextrious.blogspot.com/ The Indextrious Reader]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Nabhan: Where Our Food Comes From | Gary Paul Nabhan, ''Where Our Food Comes From : Retracing Nikolay Vavilov’s Quest to End Famine'']]<br>[[Reeves: A Force of Nature | Richard Reeves, ''A Force of Nature : The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford'']]<br>[[Florey: Script and Scribble | Kitty Burns Florey, ''Script and Scribble : The Rise and Fall of Handwriting'']]<br>[[Wolf: Proust and the Squid | Maryanne Wolf, ''Proust and the Squid : The Story and Science of the Reading Brain'']]
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 | valign="top" align="left"   | Jenny S.
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 | valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
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-| valign="top" align="left"   | Lynda
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Lynda  ([[:Category:LBB | LBB ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/ Lynda's Book Blog]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | tentatively:<br>''Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? : And 101 Other Intriguing Science Questions'', by Mick O'Hare<br>''A Short History of Nearly Everything'', by Bill Bryson<br>''How to Dunk a Doughnut : The Science Of Everyday Life'', by Len Fisher
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Walker: The Hot Topic | Gabrielle Walker and David King, ''The Hot Topic : How to Tackle Global Warming and Still Keep the Lights On'']]<br>[[New Scientist: Does Anything Eat Wasps | New Scientist [magazine], ''Does Anything Eat Wasps? : And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions you Never Thought you Wanted to Ask'']]<br>[[New Scientist: Do Polar Bears Get Lonely | New Scientist [magazine], Mick O’Hare, editor, ''Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? : And Answers to 100 Other Weird and Wacky Questions about how the World Works'']]
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-| valign="top" align="left"   | Violette Severin
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Violette Severin  ([[:Category:VS | VS ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://themysterybookshelf.blogspot.com/ The Mystery Bookshelf]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Zimmerman: The Universe in a Mirror | Robert Zimmerman, ''The Universe in a Mirror : The Saga of the Hubble Telescope and the Visionaries who Built It'']]<br>[[Kanipe: The Cosmic Connection | Jeff Kanipe, ''The Cosmic Connection : How Astronomical Events Impact Life on Earth'']]<br>[[Tyson: The Pluto Files (2) | Neil deGrasse Tyson, ''The Pluto Files : The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet'']]<br>[[Koeppel: Banana | Dan Koeppel, ''Banana : The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World'']]
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 | valign="top" align="left"   | Lisa Clayton
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 | valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
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-| valign="top" align="left"   | Eva
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Eva   ([[:Category:EVA | EVA ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://astripedarmchair.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/science-book-challenge-09 A Striped Armchair]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | (Visit her blog for an extensive list of possible titles!)
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Le Couteur: Napoleon's Buttons (2) | Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson, ''Napoleon's Buttons : How 17 Molecules Changed History'']]<br>[[Lehrer: Proust Was a Neuroscientist | Jonah Lehrer, ''Proust Was a Neuroscientist'']]<br>[[Sacks: Oaxaca Journal | Oliver Sacks, ''Oaxaca Journal'']]<br>[[Blum: Ghost Hunters | Deborah Blum, ''Ghost Hunters : William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life after Death'']]<br>[[Judson: Dr Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation | Olivia Judson, ''Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation'']]<br>[[King: Brunelleschi’s Dome | Ross King, ''Brunelleschi’s Dome : How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture'']]<br>[[Ramachandran: Phantoms in the Brain | V.S. Ramachandran, and Sandra Blakeslee, ''Phantoms in the Brain : Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind'']]<br>[[Sacks: Uncle Tungsten (2) | Oliver W. Sacks, ''Uncle Tungsten : Memories of a Chemical Boyhood'']]<br>[[Suzuki: Tree | David Suzuki and Wayne Grady, art by Robert Bateman, ''Tree : A Life Story'']]<br>[[McKibben: Deep Economy | Bill McKibben, ''Deep Economy : The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future'']]<br>[[Gawande: Complications | Atul Gawande, ''Complications : Notes from the Life of a Young Surgeon'']]
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 | valign="top" align="left"   | Brandi
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 | valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
 |-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
-| valign="top" align="left"   | Melanie
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Melanie  ([[:Category:MKI | MKI ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://tigermel.blogspot.com/ Cynical Optimism]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Kaku: Physics of the Impossible | Michio Kaku, ''Physics of the Impossible : A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel'']]<br>[[Plait: Death from fhe Skies | Philip Plait, ''Death from the Skies! : These are the Ways the World Will End--'']]<br>[[Shubin: Your Inner Fish | Neil Shubin, ''Your Inner Fish : A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body'']]
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-| valign="top" align="left"   | Care
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Care  ([[:Category:CBC | CBC ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://bkclubcare.wordpress.com/ Care’s Online Book Club]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Orlean: The Orchid Thief (2) | Susan Orlean, ''The Orchid Thief'']]
 |-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
-| valign="top" align="left"   | Kristi
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Kristi H.  ([[:Category:KNH | KNH ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://booksandneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2008/12/science-book-challenge.html Books and Needlepoint]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+| valign="top" align="left"   |[[Chornook: Walking with Wolf | Kay Chornook and Wolf Guindon, ''Walking with Wolf : Reflections on a Life Spent Protecting the Costa Rican Wilderness'']]
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 | valign="top" align="left"   | ''The Story of God'', by Robert Winston <br> ''The Force'', by Lynne McTaggart <br> ''God and the New Physics'', by Paul Davies <br> ''Elephants on Acid and Other Bizarre Experiments'', by Alex Boese <br> ''Your Inner Fish: The Amazing Discovery of Our 375-Million-Year-Old Ancestor'', by Neil Shubin <br> ''What the Bleep do we Know?'', by William Arntz and Betsy Chasse <br>''The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space : 42 Questions (and Answers) about Life, the Universe, and Everything'', by Jim Lebans
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-| valign="top" align="left"   | Debi
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Debi  ([[:Category:DAS | DAS ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://dastevenslists.blogspot.com/2008/12/science-book-challenge.html Reading Challenge Obsessed...]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | (Visit her blog for an extensive list of possible titles!)
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Schultz: The Stuff of Life | Mark Schultz, ''The Stuff of Life : A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA'']]<br>(Visit her blog for an '''extensive''' list of possible titles!)
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-| valign="top" align="left"   | raidergirl3
+| valign="top" align="left"   | raidergirl3  ([[:Category:RG3 | RG3 ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com/ an adventure in reading]
 | valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
 |-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
-| valign="top" align="left"   | Tom R.
+| valign="top" align="left"   | T. Robertson
 | valign="top" align="left"   | n/a
 | valign="top" align="left"   | ''The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Apirituality'', by Dalai Lama<br>''Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales'', by William Bass<br>''What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture'', by Edward Slingerland<br>''Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique'', by Michael S. Gazzaniga
 |-bgcolor="#ffffff"
-| valign="top" align="left"   | Rich
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Rich  ([[:Category:RTS | RTS ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://dickostevens.blogspot.com/2008/12/science-challenge-made-for-me.html Dick-o's Deep Thoughts]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | Possibles:<br>''Bones of Contention'', by Paul Chambers<br>''The Red Queen'', by Matt Ridley<br>''Life of Insects'', by Vincent Wigglesworth<br>''The Pleasures of Entomology'', by Howard Evans<br>Any one of the wonderful books by Stephen Jay Gould, especially ''Wonderful Life''<br>''Biology of the Amphibia'', by Gladwyn Noble
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Shipman: Taking Wing | Pat Shipman, ''Taking Wing : Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight'']]<br>[[Beard: The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey | Chris Beard, ''The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey : Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes, and Humans'']]<br>[[Johanson: Lucy's Legacy | Donald C. Johanson and Kate Wong, ''Lucy’s Legacy : The Quest for Human Origins'']]
 |-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
-| valign="top" align="left"   | Elizabeth L.
+| valign="top" align="left"   | EHL   ([[:Category:EHL | EHL ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | n/a
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Glover: The Shipwreck that Saved Jamestown | Lorri Glover and Daniel Blake Smith, ''The Shipwreck that Saved Jamestown : The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America'']]<br>[[McCarty: What Really Sank the Titanic | Jennifer Hooper McCarty and Tim Foecke, ''What Really Sank the Titanic : New Forensic Discoveries'']]<br>[[Levitt: Freakonomics (2) | Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, ''Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything'']]<br>[[Fleming: The Inner Voice | Ren&eacute;e Fleming, ''The Inner Voice : The Making of a Singer.'']]
 |-bgcolor="#ffffff"
-| valign="top" align="left"   | Adrienne
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Adrienne  ([[:Category:AIJ | AIJ ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://titlesareirrelevant.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post.html Titles are Irrelevant]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | planned:<br>''Monster of God'', by David Quammen<br>''Alex & Me'', by Irene Pepperberg<br>''Parasite Rex'', by Carl Zimmer
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Strogatz: Sync | Steven H. Strogatz, ''Sync : The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order'']]
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | R. Williams
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | S. Poduska
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | C. Howard
+| valign="top" align="left"   |[http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | J.P. Howard
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | J. Dorrance
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | T. Wilson
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | B. Kane
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | D. Robertson
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46932545543 facebook challenger]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Chile  ([[:Category:CC | CC ]])
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://chilechews.blogspot.com/ Chile Chews]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Sherwood: The Survivors Club | Ben Sherwood, ''The Survivors Club : The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life'']]<br>[[Livingston: Edible Plants and Animals | A.D. Livingston and Helen Livingston, ''Edible Plants and Animals : Unusual Foods from Aardvark to Zamia'']]<br>[[Murphy: Plan C | Pat Murphy, ''Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change'']]
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Jen R.
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://www.aaron-n-jen.com/ Living Life Simply]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | tentatively:<br>''Blue Frontier'', by David Helvarg<br>''The Earth Moved'', by Amy Stewart<br>''Bottomfeeder'', by Taras Grescoe
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Joyce
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://tallgrassworship.blogspot.com/ tallgrassworship]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | ''Watermania'', by Eliazbeth Royte<br>''This is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession'', by Daniel Levitin<br>''The End of Food'', by Paul Roberts
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Matheus
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://secondistherest.blogspot.com/ Second is the Rest]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | possibles:<br>''Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!'' by Richard Feynman<br>''The Linguistics Wars'', by Randy Allen Harris<br>''Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology'', by Daniel Dennett<br>''On Nature and Language'', by Noam Chomsky<br>''Language and Mind'', by Noam Chomsky<br>''The Empirical Stance'', by Bas van Fraassen<br>''Pursuit of Truth'', by W. V. Quine<br>''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'', by Thomas Kuhn
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | psuklinkie
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://lightupmyroom.blogspot.com/ Light Up My Room]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | ''In Defense of Food'', by Michael Pollen<br>''The Anatomist'', by Bill Hayes<br>''Fast Food Nation'', by Eric Schlosser<br>''The Way We Eat'', by Peter Singer and Jim Mason
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Debra
+| valign="top" align="left"   | n/a
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Rose
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://rosiegirlblog.blogspot.com/  Making the Shift]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#fffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Brittanie ([[:Category:BT | BT ]])
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://abookloverforever.blogspot.com/2009/01/science-book-challenge-2009.html A Book Lover]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [Henslin: This Is Your Brain On Joy | Earl Henslin with Becky Johnson, ''This is Your Brain on Joy : A Revolutionary Program for Balancing Mood, Restoring Brain Health, and Nurturing Spiritual Growth'']
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Debbie ([[:Category:DC | DC ]])
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://ritesofpassage.us/2009/01/09/science-book-challenge-2009/ Rites of Passage]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Johnson: Miss Leavitt's Stars (2)| George Johnson, ''Miss Leavitt’s Stars : The Untold Story of the Woman who Discovered How to Measure the Universe'']]
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Ruchi (aka Arduous)
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://arduousblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/science-book-challenge.html Arduous Blog]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | ''Uncertainty on a Himalayan Scale'', by Michael Thompson<br>and others TBD
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+| valign="top" align="left"   | Killi M.   ([[:Category:KM | KM ]])
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://killimengri.wordpress.com/  Killimengri's Weblog]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Wellstead: The Ferret and Ferreting Guide | Graham Wellstead, ''The Ferret and Ferreting Guide'']]
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+| valign="top" align="left"   | Nymeth
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://thingsmeanalot.blogspot.com/2009/01/science.html things mean a lot]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | (Visit her blog for an extensive list of possible titles!)
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+| valign="top" align="left"   | Rachel (Book Trout)  ([[:Category:RBT | RBT ]])
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://www.booktrout.blogspot.com/ Book Trout]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Heinrich: Ravens in Winter | Bernd Heinrich, ''Ravens in Winter'']]<br>[[Twigger: The Extinction Club | Robert Twigger, ''The Extinction Club'']]<br>''Bully for Brontosaurus'', by Stephen Jay Gould<br>''Equations of Eternity: Speculations on Consciousness, Meaning, and the Mathematical Rules that Orchestrate the Cosmos'', by David Darling
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+| valign="top" align="left"   | Cynthia Menard
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://www.withywindlebooks.blogspot.com/ Withywindle Books]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
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+| valign="top" align="left"   | Gavin  ([[:Category:GG | GG ]])
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://page247.wordpress.com/ Page247]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Everett: Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes | Daniel L. Everett, ''Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes : Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle'']]<br>[[Carroll: Remarkable Creatures | Sean B. Carroll, ''Remarkable Creatures : Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species'']]<br>[[Fiennes: The Snow Geese | William Fiennes, ''The Snow Geese : A Story of Home'']]<br>[[Streever: Cold | Bill Streever, ''Cold : Adventures in the World’s Frozen Places. New York'']]
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+| valign="top" align="left"   | Raquel H. ([[:Category:RSPH | RSPH ]])
+| valign="top" align="left"   | n/a
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Stewart: Letters to a Young Mathematician | Ian Stewart, ''Letters to a Young Mathematician'']]<br>[[Sabbagh: The Riemann Hypothesis | Karl Sabbagh, ''The Riemann Hypothesis : The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics'']]
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+| valign="top" align="left"   | Roy H.
+| valign="top" align="left"   | n/a
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Jennifer G.
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://engelsigh.blogspot.com/2009/02/science-book-challenge.html Waiting on Sunday to drown]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
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+| valign="top" align="left"   | Abbie (AR)
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://farmersdaughterct.wordpress.com  Farmer's Daughter]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Joanne M  ([[:Category:JLS | JLS ]])
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://www.joannelovesscience.com/ Joanne Loves Science]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Plait: Death from fhe Skies (2) | Philip Plait, ''Death from the Skies! : These are the Ways the World Will End--'']]<br>[[Holmes: The Well-Dressed Ape | Hannah Holmes, ''The Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself'']]<br>[[Michaels: Doubt is their Product | David Michaels, ''Doubt is their Product : How Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens your Health'']]<br>[[Gray: Mad Science Experiments | Theodore Gray, ''Theo Gray’s Mad Science Experiments You Can Do at Home--But Probably Shouldn’t'']]<br>[[Oakley: Evil Genes | Barbara Oakley, ''Evil Genes : Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed and my Sister Stole my Mother’s Boyfriend'']]<br>[[Paglen: Blank Spots on the Map | Trevor Paglen, ''Blank Spots on the Map : The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World'']]<br>[[Zimmer: Microcosm | Carl Zimmer, Microcosm : ''E. Coli and the New Science of Life'']]<br>[[Tyson: The Pluto Files | Neil deGrasse Tyson, ''The Pluto Files : The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet'']]<br>[[Nardi: Life in the Soil | James B. Nardi, ''Life in the Soil : A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners'']]<br>[[Alcabes: Dread | Philip Alcabes, ''Dread : How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu'']]<br>[[Winchester: Krakatoa | Simon Winchester, ''Krakatoa : The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883'']]
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | M H Caro (MHC)
+| valign="top" align="left"   | n/a
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Heather J.  ([[:Category:HJ3 | HJ3 ]])
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://age30books.blogspot.com Age 30+ ... A Lifetime of Books]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Winchester: The Man Who Loved China | Simon Winchester, The Man Who Loved China : ''The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom'']]<br>[[Guy: The Mysterious Receding Seas | Richard Guy, ''The Mysterious Receding Seas'']]<br>[[Lightman: A Sense of the Mysterious (2)| Alan Lightman, ''A Sense of the Mysterious : Science and the Human Spirit'']]<br>[[Hutchins: The Secret Doorway | Paul Hutchins, ''The Secret Doorway : Beyond Imagination'']]
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+| valign="top" align="left"   | Jenn
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://4-res-challenges.blogspot.com/2009/08/science-book-challenge-2009.html Chasing the Mouse...]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Danielle Meitiv
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://bravebluewords.com Brave Blue Worlds]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Sheila M Ryan
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://twitter.com/ryanindexing Ryan Indexing]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Ken Perrott ([[:Category:KP | KP ]])
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://openparachute.wordpress.com Open Parachute]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Morgan: Poles Apart | Gareth Morgan and John McCrystal, ''Poles Apart : The Great Climate Change Debate'']]<br>[[Stenger: Quantum Gods | Victor J. Stenger, ''Quantum Gods : Creation, Chaos, and the Search for Cosmic Consciousness'']]<br>[[Chalmers: The Scientist's Atom and the Philosopher's Stone | Alan Chalmers, ''The Scientist’s Atom and the Philosopher’s Stone : How Science Succeeded and Philosophy Failed to Gain Knowledge of Atoms'']]<br>[[Foster: Critique of Intelligent Design | John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark, and Richard York. ''Critique of Intelligent Design : Materialism Versus Creationism from Antiquity to the Present'']]
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+| valign="top" align="left"   | Richard  ([[:Category:RRT | RRT ]])
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 | valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
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-| valign="top" align="left"   | SJB
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Isaac  ([[:Category:SJB | SJB ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | n/a
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Wilson: Lewis Carroll in Numberland | Robin Wilson, ''Lewis Carroll in Numberland : His Fantastical, Mathematical, Logical Life: An Agony in Eight Fits'']]
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-| valign="top" align="left"   | JNS
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Jeff  ([[:Category:JNS | JNS ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://bearcastle.com/blog Bearcastle Blog]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Fagan: The Little Ice Age | Brian Fagan, ''The Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300 – 1850'']]<br>[[Gazzaniga: Human | Michael S. Gazzaniga, ''Human : The Science Behind what Makes us Unique'']]<br>[[Gribbin: The Birth of Time | John Gribbin, ''The Birth of Time : How Astronomers Measured the Age of the Universe'']]<br>[[Mlodinow: The Drunkard's Walk | Leonard Mlodinow, ''The Drunkard's Walk : How Randomness Rules our Lives'']]<br>[[Johnson: The Invention of Air | Steven Johnson, ''The Invention of Air : A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America'']]<br>[[Seife: Sun in a Bottle | Charles Seife, ''Sun in a Bottle : The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking'']]<br>[[Fagan: The Long Summer | Brian Fagan, ''The Long Summer : How Climate Changed Civilization'']]<br>[[Gilder: The Age of Entanglement | Louisa Gilder, ''The Age of Entanglement : When Quantum Physics was Reborn'']]<br>[[Wolverton: A Life in Twilight | Mark Wolverton, ''A Life in Twilight : The Final Years of J. Robert Oppenheimer'']]<br>[[Crouch: Lighter than Air | Tom D. Crouch, ''Lighter than Air : An Illustrated History of Balloons and Airships'']]<br>[[Potter: You Are Here | Christopher Potter, ''You Are Here : A Portable History of the Universe'']]<br>[[Gribbin: Schroedinger's Kittens | John Gribbin, ''Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality : Solving the Quantum Mysteries'']]<br>[[Gribbin: Stardust | John Gribbin with Mary Gribbin, ''Stardust : Supernovae and Life—The Cosmic Connection'']]<br>[[Chaikin: A Passion for Mars | Andrew Chaikin, ''A Passion for Mars : Intrepid Explorers of the Red Planet'']]<br>[[Muller: Physics for Future Presidents | Richard A. Muller, ''Physics for Future Presidents : The Science Behind the Headlines'']]<br>[[Michaels: Doubt is their Product (2) | David Michaels, ''Doubt is Their Product : How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health'']]<br>[[Crease: The Great Equations | Robert P. Crease, ''The Great Equations : Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg'']]