The Day the World Discovered the Sun: An Extraordinary Story of Scientific Adventure and the Race to Track the Transit of Venus

By Mark Anderson Da Capo Press, $26.00, 280 pages Close your eyes, and imagine a scientist. Your mental image is very likely a nerdy, white, middle-aged (or older) man in a lab coat on a university campus. From our perch at the beginning of the 21st century, it’s easy...
Roman Conquests: Gaul

Roman Conquests: Gaul

By Michael Sage Pen & Sword, $39.95, 188 pages Part of a series of books regarding the development of the Roman world from Pen & Sword Press, Roman Conquests: Gaul details the campaigns undertaken by Julius Caesar from 60-50 B.C.. I have yet to read the other...