Science-Book Challenge 2008

Revision as of 21:47, 29 January 2008 (view source)

BNEditor (Talk | contribs)

← Older edit

Current revision as of 04:52, 9 January 2009 (view source)

BNEditor (Talk | contribs)

(→The Science-Book Challengers)

Line 9:

# 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 two other people about the Science-Book Challenge: [http://ArsHermeneutica/sb/Science-Book_Challenge_2008 http://ArsHermeneutica/sb/Science-Book_Challenge_2008].

+

# Tell two other people about the Science-Book Challenge: [http://ArsHermeneutica.org/besieged/Science-Book_Challenge_2008 http://ArsHermeneutica.org/besieged/Science-Book_Challenge_2008].

Stuck for ideas about what books to read? [[Special:CommentForm | Write to us]] and we'll see if we can't come up with some books that would match your interests.

Line 29:

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

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://indextrious.blogspot.com/search?q=science+book+challenge The Indextrious Reader]

-

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

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [[Johnson: Miss Leavitt's Stars | George Johnson, ''Miss Leavitt’s Stars : The Untold Story of the Woman who Discovered How to Measure the Universe'']] [[Segre: Faust in Copenhagen | Gino Segrè, ''Faust in Copenhagen : A Struggle for the Soul of Physics'']] [[Bodanis: E=mc2 | David Bodanis, ''E=mc2 : A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation'']]

|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"

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

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://astripedarmchair.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/a-busy-sunday/ A Striped Armchair]

-

| valign="top" align="left" | [~~some possibles~~:~~] ~~ ''Death by Black Hole''~~, by Neil deGrasse Tyson~~ ''The ~~Discoverers~~''~~, by Daniel Boorstin~~ ''The ~~Origin~~ of the ~~Species~~'', ~~by Charles Darwin~~ ''The ~~Canon~~'', ~~by Natalie Angier~~ ''~~A Brief History~~ of ~~Time~~'', ~~by Stephen Hawking~~ ''~~Web~~ of Life'', ~~by Fritjof Capra~~

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [[Tyson: Death by Black Hole | Neil deGrasse Tyson, ''Death by Black Hole : And Other Cosmic Quandaries'']] [[Ridley: The Red Queen (2) | Matt Ridley, ''The Red Queen : Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature'']] [[Angier: The Canon (2) | Natalie Angier, ''The Canon : A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science'']] [[Koff: The Bone Woman | Clea Koff, ''The Bone Woman : a Forensic Anthropologist’s Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo'']] [[Orlean: The Orchid Thief | Susan Orlean, ''The Orchid Thief'']] [[Bainbridge: The X in Sex | David Bainbridge, ''The X in Sex : How the X Chromosome Controls our Lives'']] [[Walker: Snowball Earth | Gabrielle Walker, ''Snowball Earth : The Story of the Great Global Catastrophe that Spawned Life as we Know it'']] [[Walker: The Wisdom of the Bones | Alan Walker and Pat Shipman, ''The Wisdom of the Bones : In Search of Human Origins'']] [[DeBlieu: Wind | Jan DeBlieu, ''Wind : How the Flow of Air has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land'']] [[Safina: Song for the Blue Ocean | Carl Safina, ''Song for the Blue Ocean : Encounters along the World’s Coasts and beneath the Seas'']]

|-bgcolor="#ffffff"

| valign="top" align="left" | Wendy

Line 49:

| valign="top" align="left" | Callista

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://smsbookreviews.blogspot.com/2008/01/science-book-challenge.html SMS Book Reviews]

-

| valign="top" align="left" | ''~~Muses, Madmen and Prophets~~''~~, by Daniel B. Smith~~ ''~~A Clone Of Your Own~~''~~, by Arlene Judith Klotzko~~ ''Quirkology''~~, by Richard Wiseman~~ [~~extra credit~~:~~] ~~ ''~~40 Days~~ and ~~40 Nights~~''~~, by Matthew Chapman~~

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [[Devlin: The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS | Keith Devlin and Gary Lorden, ''The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS : Solving Crime with Mathematics'']] [[Christie: The Curse of Akkad | Peter Christie, ''The Curse of Akkad: Climate Upheavals that Rocked Human History'']] [[Wiseman: Quirkology | Richard Wiseman, ''Quirkology : How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things'']] [[Buckley: The Hungry Scientist Handbook | Patrick Buckley and Lily Binns, ''The Hungry Scientist Handbook : Electric Birthday Cakes, Edible Undies, and Other DIY Projects for Techies, Tinkerers, and Foodies'']]

|-bgcolor="#ffffff"

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

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://tigermel.blogspot.com/2008/01/more-challenges-sigh.html Cynical Optimism]

-

| valign="top" align="left" | ~~spontaneous, but maybe something by~~ Michael ~~Shermer~~, ~~Richard Dawkins~~, ~~and Carl Sagan~~

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [[Pollan: The Botany of Desire | Michael Pollan, ''The Botany of Desire : A Plant’s Eye View of the World'']] [[Pollan: In Defense of Food | Michael Pollan, ''In Defense of Food : An Eater's Manifesto'']]

|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"

+

| valign="top" align="left" | raidergirl3

+

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

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [[Lebans: The Quirks and Quarks Guide to Space | Jim Lebans, ''The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space : 42 Questions (and Answers) about Life, the Universe, and Everything'']] [[Sobel: The Planets | Dava Sobel, ''The Planets'']] [[Smolin: The Trouble with Physics | Lee Smolin, ''The Trouble with Physics : The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next'']]

+

|-bgcolor="#ffffff"

+

| valign="top" align="left" | Emily Barton

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://emilybarton.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-challenge-winner-and-answers.html Telecommuter Talk]

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [[Watson: The Double Helix | James D. Watson, ''The Double Helix : A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA'']]

+

|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"

+

| valign="top" align="left" | Maggie

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://maggiereads.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-challenged.html Maggie Reads]

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [[Hayes: The Anatomist | Bill Hayes, ''The Anatomist : A True Story of Gray’s Anatomy'']] [[Angier: The Canon | Natalie Angier, ''The Canon : A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science'']]

+

|-bgcolor="#ffffff"

+

| valign="top" align="left" | Sheralyn

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://libri-ortus.blogspot.com/2008/04/well-darnit-i-found-another-one.html libri ortus]

+

| valign="top" align="left" | proposes 3 books in 3 subjects! ''first subject is "cosmology & theoretical physics":'' Stephen Hawking, "The Universe in a Nutshell" Bruce Bassett, "Introducing Relativity" JP McEvoy, "Introducing Quantum Theory" ''second subject is "ecology & environment":'' Al Gore, ''An Inconvenient Truth'' Scott Huler, ''Defining the Wind'' Charles Elkton, ''Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants'' ''third subject is "evolution & anthropology":'' Daniel Dennett, ''Darwin's Dangerous Idea'' Johnjoe McFadden, ''Quantum Evolution'' GJ Sawyer, ''The Last Human''

+

|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"

+

| valign="top" align="left" | Judy Dague

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://intergalacticbookworm.blogspot.com/ Intergalactic Bookworm]

+

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

+

|-bgcolor="#ffffff"

| valign="top" align="left" | RRT

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

-

| valign="top" align="left" | ~~[spontaneous] ~~[[Jackson:_Unspun | Jackson and Jamieson, ''unSpun : Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation'']]

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [[Jackson:_Unspun | Jackson and Jamieson, ''unSpun : Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation'']] [[Bloom: Out There | Howard Bloom, ''Out There : The Government's Secret Quest for Extraterrestrials'']] [[Mullane: Riding Rockets | Astronaut Mike Mullane, ''Riding Rockets : The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut'']] [[Boslaugh: When Computers Went to Sea | David L. Boslaugh, ''When Computers Went to Sea : The Digitization of the United States Navy'']]

-

|-bgcolor="#~~ffffff~~"

+

|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"

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

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

-

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

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [[Simon: Dark Light | Linda Simon, ''Dark Light : Electricity and Anxiety from the Telegraph to the X-Ray'']] [[Trout: Tell Me Where It Hurts | Dr. Nick Trout, ''Tell Me Where It Hurts : A Day of Humor, Healing and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon'']] [[Wells: Barbarians to Angels | Peter S. Wells, ''Barbarians to Angels : The Dark Ages Reconsidered'']]

-

|-bgcolor="#~~f9f9f9~~"

+

|-bgcolor="#ffffff"

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

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://bearcastle.com/blog/?p=1054 Bearcastle Blog]

-

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

+

| valign="top" align="left" | [[Raymo: Walking Zero | Chet Raymo, ''Walking Zero : Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian'']] [[Diamond: The Third Chimpanzee | Jared Diamond, ''The Third Chimpanzee : The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal'']] [[Wilson: The Creation | Edward O. Wilson, ''The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth'']] [[Robinson: The Story of Measurement | Andrew Robinson, ''The Story of Measurement'']] [[Lienhard: Inventing Modern | John H. Lienhard, ''Inventing Modern : Growing up with X-Rays, Skyscrapers, and Tailfins'']] [[Huler: Defining The Wind | Scott Huler : ''Defining the Wind'']] [[Atkins: The Periodic Kingdom | P.W. Atkins : ''The Periodic Kingdom : A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements'']] [[Tudge: The Time Before History | Colin Tudge, ''The Time Before History : 5 Million Years of Human Impact'']] [[Watson: Ideas | Peter Watson, ''Ideas : A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud'']] [[Larson: Isaac's Storm | Erik Larson, ''Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History'']] [[Winchester: The Map That Changed The World | Simon Winchester, ''The Map that Changed the World : William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology'']] [[Dawkins: Climbing Mount Improbable | Richard Dawkins, ''Climbing Mount Improbable'']] [[Bird: American Prometheus | Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, ''American Prometheus : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer'']] [[Arthur: Creatures of Accident | Wallace Arthur, ''Creatures of Accident : The Rise of the Animal Kingdom'']] [[Lembke: Despicable Species | Janet Lembke, ''Despicable Species : On Cowbirds, Kudzu, Hornworms, and Other Scourges'']] [[Thomas: The Lives of a Cell | Lewis Thomas, ''The Lives of a Cell : Notes of a Biology Watcher'']] [[Schwartz: In Pursuit of the Gene | James Schwartz, ''In Pursuit of the Gene : From Darwin to DNA'']] [[LeVay: When Science Goes Wrong | Simon LeVay, ''When Science Goes Wrong : Twelve Tales from the Dark Side of Discovery'']] [[Flannery: In Code | Sarah Flannery, with David Flannery, ''In Code : A Mathematical Journey'']] [[Aczel: The Mystery of the Aleph |Amir D Aczel, ''The Mystery of the Aleph : Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity'']] [[Livio: The Golden Ratio |Mario Livio, ''The Golden Ratio : The Story of Phi, The World's Most Astonishing Number'']] [[Alley: The Two-Mile Time Machine| Richard B. Alley, ''The Two-Mile Time Machine : Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future'']] [[Johnson: The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments | George Johnson, ''The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments'']] [[Rosenblum: Chocolate | Mort Rosenblum, ''Chocolate : A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light'']] [[Rhodes: Arsenals of Folly | Richard Rhodes, ''Arsenals of Folly : The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race'']] [[Rigden: Hydrogen | John S. Rigden, ''Hydrogen : The Essential Element'']] [[Roston: The Carbon Age | Eric Roston, ''The Carbon Age : How Life's Core Element has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat'']] [[Kurlansky: The Big Oyster | Mark Kurlansky, ''The Big Oyster : History on the Half Shell'']] [[Huff: How to Lie with Statistics | Darrell Huff, ''How to Lie with Statistics'']] [[Crumpacker: Perfect Figures | Bunny Crumpacker, ''Perfect Figures : The Lore of Numbers and How we Learned to Count'']]

-

|}

+

Science-Book Challenge 2008

From Scienticity

Current revision as of 04:52, 9 January 2009

Views

Personal tools

science-book challenge

science-book notes

science time-capsules

meta topics

Search

Toolbox

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 # 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 two other people about the Science-Book Challenge: [http://ArsHermeneutica/sb/Science-Book_Challenge_2008 http://ArsHermeneutica/sb/Science-Book_Challenge_2008].
+# Tell two other people about the Science-Book Challenge: [http://ArsHermeneutica.org/besieged/Science-Book_Challenge_2008 http://ArsHermeneutica.org/besieged/Science-Book_Challenge_2008].
 Stuck for ideas about what books to read? [[Special:CommentForm | Write to us]] and we'll see if we can't come up with some books that would match your interests.
@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 | valign="top" align="left"   | Melanie
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://indextrious.blogspot.com/search?q=science+book+challenge The Indextrious Reader]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Johnson: Miss Leavitt's Stars | George Johnson, ''Miss Leavitt’s Stars : The Untold Story of the Woman who Discovered How to Measure the Universe'']]<br>[[Segre: Faust in Copenhagen | Gino Segrè, ''Faust in Copenhagen : A Struggle for the Soul of Physics'']]<br>[[Bodanis: E=mc2 | David Bodanis, ''E=mc<sup>2</sup> : A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation'']]
 |-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
 | valign="top" align="left"   | Eva
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://astripedarmchair.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/a-busy-sunday/ A Striped Armchair]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | [some possibles:] <br> ''Death by Black Hole'', by Neil deGrasse Tyson <br> ''The Discoverers'', by Daniel Boorstin <br> ''The Origin of the Species'', by Charles Darwin <br> ''The Canon'', by Natalie Angier <br> ''A Brief History of Time'', by Stephen Hawking <br> ''Web of Life'', by Fritjof Capra
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Tyson: Death by Black Hole | Neil deGrasse Tyson, ''Death by Black Hole : And Other Cosmic Quandaries'']]<br>[[Ridley: The Red Queen (2) | Matt Ridley, ''The Red Queen : Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature'']]<br>[[Angier: The Canon (2) | Natalie Angier, ''The Canon : A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science'']]<br>[[Koff: The Bone Woman | Clea Koff, ''The Bone Woman : a Forensic Anthropologist’s Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo'']]<br>[[Orlean: The Orchid Thief | Susan Orlean, ''The Orchid Thief'']]<br>[[Bainbridge: The X in Sex | David Bainbridge, ''The X in Sex : How the X Chromosome Controls our Lives'']]<br>[[Walker: Snowball Earth | Gabrielle Walker, ''Snowball Earth : The Story of the Great Global Catastrophe that Spawned Life as we Know it'']]<br>[[Walker: The Wisdom of the Bones | Alan Walker and Pat Shipman, ''The Wisdom of the Bones : In Search of Human Origins'']]<br>[[DeBlieu: Wind | Jan DeBlieu, ''Wind : How the Flow of Air has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land'']]<br>[[Safina: Song for the Blue Ocean | Carl Safina, ''Song for the Blue Ocean : Encounters along the World’s Coasts and beneath the Seas'']]
 |-bgcolor="#ffffff"
 | valign="top" align="left"   | Wendy
@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 | valign="top" align="left"   | Callista
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://smsbookreviews.blogspot.com/2008/01/science-book-challenge.html SMS Book Reviews]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | ''Muses, Madmen and Prophets'', by Daniel B. Smith <br> ''A Clone Of Your Own'', by Arlene Judith Klotzko <br> ''Quirkology'', by Richard Wiseman <br> [extra credit:] <br> ''40 Days and 40 Nights'', by Matthew Chapman
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Devlin: The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS | Keith Devlin and Gary Lorden, ''The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS : Solving Crime with Mathematics'']]<br>[[Christie: The Curse of Akkad | Peter Christie, ''The Curse of Akkad: Climate Upheavals that Rocked Human History'']]<br>[[Wiseman: Quirkology | Richard Wiseman, ''Quirkology : How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things'']]<br>[[Buckley: The Hungry Scientist Handbook | Patrick Buckley and Lily Binns, ''The Hungry Scientist Handbook : Electric Birthday Cakes, Edible Undies, and Other DIY Projects for Techies, Tinkerers, and Foodies'']]
 |-bgcolor="#ffffff"
 | valign="top" align="left"   | Melanie
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://tigermel.blogspot.com/2008/01/more-challenges-sigh.html Cynical Optimism]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous, but maybe something by Michael Shermer, Richard Dawkins, and Carl Sagan
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Pollan: The Botany of Desire | Michael Pollan, ''The Botany of Desire : A Plant’s Eye View of the World'']]<br>[[Pollan: In Defense of Food | Michael Pollan, ''In Defense of Food : An Eater's Manifesto'']]
 |-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | raidergirl3
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com/ an adventure in reading]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Lebans: The Quirks and Quarks Guide to Space | Jim Lebans, ''The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space : 42 Questions (and Answers) about Life, the Universe, and Everything'']]<br>[[Sobel: The Planets | Dava Sobel, ''The Planets'']]<br>[[Smolin: The Trouble with Physics | Lee Smolin, ''The Trouble with Physics : The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next'']]
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Emily Barton
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://emilybarton.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-challenge-winner-and-answers.html Telecommuter Talk]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Watson: The Double Helix | James D. Watson, ''The Double Helix : A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA'']]
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Maggie
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://maggiereads.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-challenged.html Maggie Reads]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Hayes: The Anatomist | Bill Hayes, ''The Anatomist : A True Story of Gray’s Anatomy'']]<br>[[Angier: The Canon | Natalie Angier, ''The Canon : A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science'']]
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Sheralyn
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://libri-ortus.blogspot.com/2008/04/well-darnit-i-found-another-one.html libri ortus]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | proposes 3 books in 3 subjects!<br>''first subject is "cosmology & theoretical physics":''<br>Stephen Hawking, "The Universe in a Nutshell"<br>Bruce Bassett, "Introducing Relativity"<br>JP McEvoy, "Introducing Quantum Theory"<br>''second subject is "ecology & environment":''<br>Al Gore, ''An Inconvenient Truth''<br>Scott Huler, ''Defining the Wind''<br>Charles Elkton, ''Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants''<br>''third subject is "evolution & anthropology":''<br>Daniel Dennett, ''Darwin's Dangerous Idea''<br>Johnjoe McFadden, ''Quantum Evolution''<br>GJ Sawyer, ''The Last Human''
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Judy Dague
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [http://intergalacticbookworm.blogspot.com/ Intergalactic Bookworm]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
 | valign="top" align="left"   | RRT
 | valign="top" align="left"   | n/a
-| valign="top" align="left"   | [spontaneous]<br>[[Jackson:_Unspun | Jackson and Jamieson, ''unSpun : Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation'']]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Jackson:_Unspun | Jackson and Jamieson, ''unSpun : Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation'']]<br>[[Bloom: Out There | Howard Bloom, ''Out There : The Government's Secret Quest for Extraterrestrials'']]<br>[[Mullane: Riding Rockets | Astronaut Mike Mullane, ''Riding Rockets : The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut'']]<br>[[Boslaugh: When Computers Went to Sea | David L. Boslaugh, ''When Computers Went to Sea : The Digitization of the United States Navy'']]
-|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
+|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
 | valign="top" align="left"   | SJB
 | valign="top" align="left"   | n/a
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Simon: Dark Light | Linda Simon, ''Dark Light : Electricity and Anxiety from the Telegraph to the X-Ray'']]<br>[[Trout: Tell Me Where It Hurts | Dr. Nick Trout, ''Tell Me Where It Hurts : A Day of Humor, Healing and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon'']]<br>[[Wells: Barbarians to Angels | Peter S. Wells, ''Barbarians to Angels : The Dark Ages Reconsidered'']]
-|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
+|-bgcolor="#ffffff"
 | valign="top" align="left"   | JNS
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://bearcastle.com/blog/?p=1054 Bearcastle Blog]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Raymo: Walking Zero | Chet Raymo, ''Walking Zero : Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian'']]<br>[[Diamond: The Third Chimpanzee | Jared Diamond, ''The Third Chimpanzee : The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal'']]<br>[[Wilson: The Creation | Edward O. Wilson, ''The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth'']]<br>[[Robinson: The Story of Measurement | Andrew Robinson, ''The Story of Measurement'']]<br>[[Lienhard: Inventing Modern | John H. Lienhard, ''Inventing Modern : Growing up with X-Rays, Skyscrapers, and Tailfins'']]<br>[[Huler: Defining The Wind | Scott Huler : ''Defining the Wind'']]<br>[[Atkins: The Periodic Kingdom | P.W. Atkins : ''The Periodic Kingdom : A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements'']]<br>[[Tudge: The Time Before History | Colin Tudge, ''The Time Before History : 5 Million Years of Human Impact'']]<br>[[Watson: Ideas | Peter Watson, ''Ideas : A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud'']]<br>[[Larson: Isaac's Storm | Erik Larson, ''Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History'']]<br>[[Winchester: The Map That Changed The World | Simon Winchester, ''The Map that Changed the World : William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology'']]<br>[[Dawkins: Climbing Mount Improbable | Richard Dawkins, ''Climbing Mount Improbable'']]<br>[[Bird: American Prometheus | Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, ''American Prometheus : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer'']]<br>[[Arthur: Creatures of Accident | Wallace Arthur, ''Creatures of Accident : The Rise of the Animal Kingdom'']]<br>[[Lembke: Despicable Species | Janet Lembke, ''Despicable Species : On Cowbirds, Kudzu, Hornworms, and Other Scourges'']]<br>[[Thomas: The Lives of a Cell | Lewis Thomas, ''The Lives of a Cell : Notes of a Biology Watcher'']]<br>[[Schwartz: In Pursuit of the Gene | James Schwartz, ''In Pursuit of the Gene : From Darwin to DNA'']]<br>[[LeVay: When Science Goes Wrong | Simon LeVay, ''When Science Goes Wrong : Twelve Tales from the Dark Side of Discovery'']]<br>[[Flannery: In Code | Sarah Flannery, with David Flannery, ''In Code : A Mathematical Journey'']]<br>[[Aczel: The Mystery of the Aleph |Amir D Aczel, ''The Mystery of the Aleph : Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity'']]<br>[[Livio: The Golden Ratio |Mario Livio, ''The Golden Ratio : The Story of Phi, The World's Most Astonishing Number'']]<br>[[Alley: The Two-Mile Time Machine| Richard B. Alley, ''The Two-Mile Time Machine : Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future'']]<br>[[Johnson: The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments | George Johnson, ''The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments'']]<br>[[Rosenblum: Chocolate | Mort Rosenblum, ''Chocolate : A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light'']]<br>[[Rhodes: Arsenals of Folly | Richard Rhodes, ''Arsenals of Folly : The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race'']]<br>[[Rigden: Hydrogen | John S. Rigden, ''Hydrogen : The Essential Element'']]<br>[[Roston: The Carbon Age | Eric Roston, ''The Carbon Age : How Life's Core Element has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat'']]<br>[[Kurlansky: The Big Oyster | Mark Kurlansky, ''The Big Oyster : History on the Half Shell'']]<br>[[Huff: How to Lie with Statistics | Darrell Huff, ''How to Lie with Statistics'']]<br>[[Crumpacker: Perfect Figures | Bunny Crumpacker, ''Perfect Figures : The Lore of Numbers and How we Learned to Count'']]
-|}