Reviews
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The History of Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction – William H. Brock
This may be a short history, but it offers fascinating insights into the development of a very hard-won field of knowledge.
This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress – John Brockman
For this collection, Brockman was on the hunt for scientific ideas that ought to be retired.
Good Thinking – Guy P. Harrison
Prometheus Books ISBN-10: 1633880648
Many books have been written about how to think, ranging from the technical to the superficial, not to mention the supercilious....
Heretics! – Steven Nadler & Ben Nadler
The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern PhilosophyPrinceton University PressISBN 9780691168692
Any cartoon-loving philosopher will be sympathetic to a book such as this, a handsomely-produced...
Intuition: Its Powers and Perils – David G. Myers
Yale University Press
ISBN 0-300-09531-7
I had a good feeling about this book from the moment I read about it. Vast claims are routinely made for...
Paleofantasy: what evolution really tells us about sex, diet & how we live – Marlene Zuk
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 10: 0393347923
It's common now to read complaints and warnings about modern life that trace the root of our problems...
Reality: a very short introduction – Jan Westerhoff
OUP, ISBN 10: 0199594414
Westerhoff offers a potted survey of a subject that may be of some interest, though he raises several suspicions as to...
Decoding Reality – Vlatko Vedral
OUP
ISBN 978-0-19-969574-4
Quantum physics will always baffle our intuitions, and pop science books trying to explain it will always be written, often by excitable physicists...