Review: The Calculus Diaries by Jennifer Ouellette.

 
      There’s a wonderful anecdote told by Stephen Hawking about the completion of A Brief History of Time. His publisher admonished him not to include any mathematical equations, stating that each subsequent equation would cut the sales of the book by half.

Review: Denialism by Michael Specter.

 
What’s the harm? This is the statement often echoed in today’s world anytime an exception is raised to pseudoscience. The current atmosphere in society seems to be that there’s no danger in at least supplanting science with sorcery, as long as we don’t apply both to the same rigorous standards… or is something more ominous [...]

Review: Unscientific America by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum.

  
   All too often these days, we’ve heard it said that America is in danger of losing its competitive edge in the world scientific arena. This is inevitably blamed on education, political agendas, or general apathy. A quick sound bite will usually then proceed that claims X percentage of Americans do not accept evolution, or [...]

Review: The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder.

 
  
    The science fiction subgenre known as Steampunk has certainly matured in its brief 20+ year existence. True skill in the field has challenged writers to do the historical “foot work” while envisioning an alternate reality and time line that is complete and believable. Which brings us to this weeks’ review of The Strange Affair [...]

Review: Voyager by Stephen J. Pyne.

 
   Ours may be an age of discovery like no other. This week, we look at Voyager: Seeking Newer Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery, by Stephen J. Pyne, out July 26th, 2010 from Viking Press. This fascinating work delves into the Voyager series of spacecraft missions from a unique perspective, juxtaposing it as a [...]

Review: The Transits of Venus by William Sheehan & John Westfall.

 

Out from Prometheus Books!

 

In less than a year’s time, an event will happen that none of us will live to see again; a transit across the face of the Sun by the planet Venus. In this regard, this week’s review of the book The Transits of Venus by William Sheehan and John Westfall looks at the [...]

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