Science-Book Challenge 2008
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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://smsbookreviews.blogspot.com/2008/01/science-book-challenge.html SMS Book Reviews] | | valign="top" align="left" | [http://smsbookreviews.blogspot.com/2008/01/science-book-challenge.html SMS Book Reviews] | ||
| - | | valign="top" align="left" | | + | | 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'']] |
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| - | | 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'']] | + | | 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'']] |
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| valign="top" align="left" | [http://bearcastle.com/blog/?p=1054 Bearcastle Blog] | | valign="top" align="left" | [http://bearcastle.com/blog/?p=1054 Bearcastle Blog] | ||
| 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'']] | | 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'']] | ||
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Reading about science is fun and rewarding. We encourage others to read about science, and help readers find books that they might enjoy, by publishing our Book Notes, which are written by Ars Hermeneutica employees, volunteers, and friends. We're looking for science-book readers who will help us help other science-book readers by sharing their own science-book reading experiences.
The 2008 Science-Book Challenge
- Read at least three nonfiction books in 2008 related to the theme "Living a Rational Life", broadly construed. Each book should have something to do with science, how science operates, or science's relationship with its surrounding culture. The books might be popularizations of science, they might be history, they might be biography, they might be anthologies; they can be recent titles or older books.
- After you've read a book, write a short note about it; 500 words would suffice. What goes in the note? The things you would tell a friend if you wanted to convince said friend to read it, too. Naturally, you can read some of the existing Book Notes for ideas.
- 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 book-note form or the comment form to get in touch with us.
- Tell two other people about the Science-Book Challenge: http://ArsHermeneutica.org/besieged/Science-Book_Challenge_2008.
Stuck for ideas about what books to read? Write to us and we'll see if we can't come up with some books that would match your interests.
If you'd like to sign up and make your participation in the Science-Book Challenge public, leave a comment at the Bearcastle Blog page where we originally announced the Challenge. Use your own blog to spread the word and use our Science-Book Challenge 2008 graphic to make it pretty.
The Science-Book Challengers
Everyone should feel free to accept the challenge any time during 2008. Decide on your book list at the beginning or be more spontaneous and choose titles as you go. If you like, let us know that you're taking the challenge and we'll put your name here with other challengers. You can use the handy comment form.
Here are the people we are aware of who have accepted the Science-Book Challenge 2008.
