Staff Book Recommendations
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Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (2005) Interesting look at how the mind works or doesn’t work. I especially liked learning that often instinct and experience have value over details and facts when people make decisions. Malcolm Gladwell seems to select topics … Continue reading
Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King by Bradford Matsen (2009) Fast reading and informative book about Jacques Costeau’s 20th century inventions and discoveries. It is startling to learn that the undersea explorations and diving equipment inventions were due to Cousteau’s desire to … Continue reading
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (2010) An engaging and thought-provoking read, this book tells the complicated story of a poor black woman who died of cervical cancer in the 1950s, her cells, and the scientific revolution … Continue reading
Remarkable Creatures: epic adventures in the search for the origins of species by Sean Carroll (2009) This book is as much about the scientists as their discoveries. It is a chronicle of the greatest adventures in natural history in the … Continue reading
The Pluto Files: the rise and fall of America’s favorite planet by Neil deGrasse Tyson (2009) Noted astrophysicist and Hayden Planetarium director Tyson gives a fascinating and humorous account of America’s love affair with Pluto. Using illustrations to entertain and … Continue reading
Final Theory by Mark Alpert (2008) Albert Einstein’s colleagues are being killed by someone trying to discover his long-hidden theory. A science historian receives a key from one of the dying men. To unlock the key, he encounters one puzzle, … Continue reading
The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil (2005) The Singularity is Near is a book about future technology and how it will affect mankind. The author is a well-known inventor and futurist. The “Singularity” refers to a time when artificial … Continue reading
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (2003) Roach has written a very interesting while not too ghoulish book about the uses of human cadavers. She traveled the world to research the book and provides the reader … Continue reading
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