Book Review: What Is Real? The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics, Adam Becker A basic thought experiment from the early days of quantum theory has meandered into the mainstream. As usually happens with these sorts of transfers into the common understanding, it is only partially understood and that part is more […]
Month: April 2018
Book Review: Nudge, Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
Book Review: Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness, Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein Nonfiction: Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness, Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein I’ll admit, I was hoping to read Nudge and get much smarter about making decisions. That is not exactly what the book delivers. […]
Quote Walter Cronkite: Whatever the cost of our libraries…
Quote: Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. Walter Cronkite Quote: Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. Walter Cronkite For more on Walter Cronkite see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Cronkite Read more books about books and libraries: Booklist: Books […]
Quote: Without libraries what have we? Ray Bradbury
Quote: Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. Ray Bradbury Quote: Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. Ray Bradbury For more on Ray Bradbury see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Bradbury Quote: Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. Ray Bradbury For more on Ray […]
Booklist: Books about Books for Shared Reading with Children
Quote: Albert Einstein, The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library
Quote: The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library. Albert Einstein Quote: The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library. Albert Einstein For more on Albert Einstein see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein Celebrate National Library Week with Scintilla, see Read more books about books and libraries: […]
Booklist: Books about Libraries for Shared Reading with Children
Book Series Review: The Invisible Library Series, Genevieve Cogman
Fantasy Series: The Invisible Library Series, Genevieve Cogman The Invisible Library, Book 1 in The Invisible Library Series The Masked City, Book 2 in The Invisible Library Series The Burning Page, Book 3 in The Invisible Library Series The Lost Plot, Book 4 in The Invisible Library Series The Mortal […]
Author Spotlights: If You like Tom Clancy, You will Like Mark Greaney
Author Spotlights: If You like Tom Clancy, You will Like Mark Greaney Tom Clancy In the 1980s the Cold War was nearing its end, though no one knew it then. Into this backdrop of geopolitical tension and rivalry, Tom Clancy, an insurance agent from Maryland, published his first book. With brilliant and heroic CIA agent […]
Book Review: Redshirts, John Scalzi
Book Review: Redshirts, John Scalzi Celebrate First Contact in the Star Trek Universe, April 5th Book Review Science Fiction: Redshirts by John Scalzi Along with spin-offs, movies, toys, and inspiration to generations of scientists, Star Trek has given us something almost everyone can relate to: the “red shirt” joke. Several episodes of Star Trek involved a […]