by Norman West | Mar 9, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics, Science & Technology, Social Science
We’ll start with a disclaimer and a reproof. Reproof first: the title is missing a couple of words and is, therefore, misleading. It should read “White Male Haters” since most of the hating begins with that group. The disclaimer is obvious. I am a member of the group...
by P.J. Sun | Feb 6, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Nature, Outdoors & Animals, Science & Technology
The Magic Tree House Incredible Fact Book, by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce, is great fun for kids! The book is filled with snippets of information on a variety of subjects. The photographs are beautifully done, drawing the reader with marvelous details;...
by Michael Barton | Jan 26, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Science & Technology
The astronomer and science popularizer Carl Sagan described in his groundbreaking television program Cosmos the fact that much of the matter in the universe, including the atoms that make up humans, was birthed in the fiery furnaces of stars millions and billions of...
by Howard Leighton | Jan 3, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mathematics, Psychology, Science & Technology
Regardless of one’s political persuasion (apolitical, third party, democratic, or republican) all individuals of this nation would benefit from making the effort to read and understand the concepts presented in this book. It has become clear as a nation, there...
by Michael Barton | Dec 9, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Medicine, Science & Technology
In The Mysterious World of the Human Genome, geneticist Frank Ryan, an Honorary Research Fellow in Evolutionary Biology at Sheffield University in the UK, provides a smoothly-written overview of human genetics, from its historical origins to current discoveries and...
by Michael Barton | Nov 10, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Science & Technology
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company Formats: Hardcover Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound[/alert] In 2011, artist Catherine L. Weyerhaeuser published a children’s book about how mountains are formed....