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The Best of Technology Writing 2007 (Best of Technology Writing)
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This is a great collection of essays from the blogosphere covering tech topics and some integrating tech into very funny stories. This is written pretty much as the who's who amongst bloggers for 2006-2007. Great bedtime reading.... »
What We Believe but Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
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Some interesting ideas on the concept and philosophy of "What we believe but Cannot Prove". Essays from top scientists on topics such as Consciousness (is there such a thing, does language bring it about?), quantum mechanics (is the electron composed of any smaller particles?), astronomy (is there more than one universe), time (is everything pr... »
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
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Lewis Thomas' essays offer the creative and whimsical perspectives of a scientist. I doubt the non-biologist would appreciate these 'notes of a biology watcher' much, but as a biologist myself, I have to say that this is one of my favorite books for light reading. No, I don't get a great deal of new knowledge from reading Lives of a Cel... »
The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat,
Let me begin by saying that I love everything Shermer. He is one of a few scientists out there who actually write lucid philosophy. Another scientist wh... »
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 20
I read the best american series every year, in fact, with science and nature writing, I've been with since the beginning. And you can always count on BASN... »
The Science of Dune: An Unauthorized Exploratio
Who knew? The book is a mostly informative/entertaining compendium of essays on the science really found in Dune. Did Herbert really mean to have scienc... »
The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half
Scientists love to speculate about the direction research and technology will take us, and editor John Brockman has given a stellar panel free rein to ima... »
Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the nature of
Profound science combined with wit and the subtlety of Dickinson. Not to be missed..Nature loves this book!... »
The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Books C
Dyson holds high credentials as an innovative mathematician and theoretical physicist, and has known, or, in many cases worked with, most of the leading s... »
Life Is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Supe
As a poet, novelist, and farmer, Wendell Berry has worked and written in favor of tried and tested ways, rejecting the notion that the modern is always to... »
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