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Category Archives: Book Reviews
Great book about worms reissued in time for spring gardening
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill has just reissued a book that may give readers a not unwelcome taste for worms. Here is my review of the book from 2004. The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy … Continue reading
Review of Wired for Culture by Mark Pagel
Review of Wired for Culture by Mark Pagel Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind by Mark Pagel (Norton, 432 pages, $29.95, February, 2012) Reviewed by Dr. Fred Bortz (Copyright 2012 by Alfred B. Bortz, all rights reserved) … Continue reading
Return of the Prodigal Science Blogger
It’s been several months since I contributed here, but I expect to be back with regular blogs in about a month and shorter posts before then. I have been busy writing my newly released middle-grade book, Meltdown! The Nuclear Disaster … Continue reading
Review of The Quantum Story: A History in 40 Moments by Jim Baggott
A shorter version of this review appeared last weekend in the Dallas Morning News, without the opening limerick. For more of my reviews, visit The Science Shelf Book review Archive, which includes reviews of a number of books about physics.
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Review of First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs and the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth
Review of First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs and the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth by Marc Kaufman Simon & Schuster, $26.00, 224 pages, April 2011 Reviewed by Dr. Fred Bortz
For Science History Buffs: Blood Work by Holly Tucker
A slightly edited version of this review appeared in the Dallas Morning News. Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker (Norton, March 2011, $25.95, 288 pages) Reviewed by Dr. Fred Bortz Copyright … Continue reading
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Review of Once Before Time: A Whole Story of the Universe
Once Before Time: A Whole Story of the Universe by Martin Bojowald (Knopf, 2010, $27.95, 320 pages) Reviewed by Dr. Fred Bortz
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ET’s home planet?
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has discovered an extraordinary planetary system with six rocky worlds capable of supporting life about 2000 light years from Earth.
Review of Alone Together by Sherry Turkle
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by Sherry Turkle (Basic Books, $28.95, 378 pages, January, 2011) Reviewed by Dr. Fred Bortz
Review of Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science by Ian Sample
Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science by Ian Sample (Basic Books, 2010, $25.95, 320 pages) This review by Fred Bortz was also published in the Dallas Morning News.
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