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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
Review of Book About 2011 Physics Nobelists and Their Work: The 4% Universe
I reviewed this book here in January. Here’s the link: http://fredbortz.scienceblog.com/34765/34765/
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From Proposal to Finished Book: One Children’s Science Author’s Path
As an author of nineteen books on science and technology for young readers, I am frequently asked what it is like to get something published. There are no deep dark secrets, and you don’t need to be an exceptional wordsmith.
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
What do extreme weather events tell us about climate change?
“Climate is what you expect. Weather is what you get.” That famous quotation from science fiction great Robert A. Heinlein captures the difficulty climate scientists have when trying to share the science behind global warming to the general public through … Continue reading
Searching for Martian DNA
I recently began giving a school visit talk called “The Truth About Space Aliens: What We Know and What We Don’t Know About Life on Other Worlds based on my “Cool Science” book, Astrobiology. This news release will certainly give … Continue reading
Follow science blogger/children’s author on Facebook
If you are a regular reader of my blog postings, you know that I am a passionate, opinionated middle-of-the-roader. I bring the same passion to my writing for young readers, but I want them to learn to form their own … Continue reading
Review of The Evolutionary World by Geerat Vermeij
The Evolutionary World: How Adaptation Explains Everything from Seashells to Civilization by Geerat Vermeij (Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, 336 pages, $26.99, December, 2010) Reviewed by Dr. Fred Bortz
It’s nice to be noticed – even in Florence AL
As a science writer, I am always pleased when someone notices my work and recommends it. That was the case today when a writer for the Times Daily newspaper in Northwestern Alabama named Bernie Delinski used and cited my web … Continue reading
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