Saturday, June 29, 2013

Hubble. A Journey Through Space and Time by Edward Weiler. Published in Collaboration with NASA.

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On the 20th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) launch, NASA personnel wrote Hubble. A Journey Through Space and Time . This o...
Monday, June 24, 2013

Commentary: Marxist History vs Marxist Revolution.

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While reading Gordon Wright’s France in Modern Times , I found his views largely balanced and rational. Wright, not a Marxist himself, re...
Monday, June 10, 2013

The Great Sea by David Abulafia

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David Abulafia’s The Great Sea is an ambitious undertaking.   There is so much information to marshal: So many cultures, so many years, a...
Saturday, June 1, 2013

Atlas of World History. Patrick O'Brien, editor.

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An atlas of world history is an unnecessary expense. You can find just about any kind of map you want on the internet. That said, the Oxfo...
Friday, May 24, 2013

The Compleat Naturalist. A Life of Linnaeus by Wilfrid Blunt.

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The life of Carl Linnaeus is a story rich in potential for a writer. Here is a man who made a unique and important contribution to biology ...
Saturday, May 18, 2013

River Out of Eden by Richard Dawkins.

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River Out of Eden is a series of meditations on Natural Selection by an author who has a fascinatingly original scientific mind. In a wor...
Monday, May 13, 2013

The Scientists by John Gribbin.

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There is a time when one has to put aside the objective-sounding pedantry of book review formulae and say “this is a great book.” The discov...