Categories
-
Recent posts
Search
Currently reading
A books and science Twitter
My TweetsThings of the past
- September 2017
- July 2017
- May 2017
- January 2017
- October 2016
- September 2016
- June 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
Tag Archives: book review
Guest Review from Hussain Ather: Kwame Appiah’s “Experiments in Ethics’”
ou’re in a dilemma. A train is about to run over five people strapped to the tracks. You may pull a lever to switch the train to another track where the train would only kill one person. In this thought experiment, known as the trolley problem, what would you do? Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Guest Review, Other
Tagged book review, Ethics, Kwame Appiah, Philosophy, Science
Leave a comment
Book Review—Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami
In these two stories we find an unnamed narrator and the character The Rat from A Wild Sheep Chase, two twenty-somethings contemplating their place in the world, how they got there, and whether to seek change. Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction
Tagged book review, books, fiction, Haruki Murakami, Japan
Leave a comment
Book Review—Toms River: a story of science and salvation by Dan Fagin
In the 1950s the Swiss dye manufacturing company Ciba-Geigy arrived in Toms River, a small town by the Jersey shore. Yet as the company brought jobs, and a boon to the local economy, it also dumped billions of tons of hazardous chemical waste into the river, unlined landfills, and eventually the ocean. Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Science Books
Tagged book review, books, Chemical waste, Dan Fagin, environment, nonfiction, Pulitzer Prize, Science
Leave a comment
Book Review—The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
Yann Martel’s newest book, The High Mountains of Portugal, is a three-part journey that explores grief and Christian devotion with a twist. Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction
Tagged book review, books, fiction, The High Mountains of Portugal, Yann Martel
3 Comments
Book Review—The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjöberg
An entomologist’s memoir about a life collecting hoverflies on the small island Runmarö near Stockholm, Sweden. The book is in part about collecting flies, but also chronicles the life of obscure naturalist René Malaise, and the author’s journey tracking Malaise’s life and history. Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Science Books
Tagged book review, books, flies, Fredrik Sjöberg, Memoir, nonfiction, The Fly Trap
Leave a comment
Book Review—Slade House by David Mitchell
Hidden down the twists and turns of Slade Alley is a small iron door. Behind the door is a house, where no house should be, and within that house is a pair of siblings that have been waiting for you. David Mitchell’s Slade House is a dark story with surprises at every turn. Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction
Tagged book review, books, David Mitchell, fiction, Slade House
Leave a comment
Revamp
Hi all, don’t worry I’m still here. I just got a little sidetracked with starting a new job and juggling that with online classes. Now that I’m more settled, I’ve been thinking about how to make this blog more frequent, … Continue reading
