Book Talk

Just finished "The World Without Us". It's a narrative revolving around the idea of what would happen to the earth if humans suddenly vanished. What would crumble first and how nature would rebalance itself again. Highly recommended!

A list of magazines and books I am attempting to devour. Books The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Godfather, A Brief History of Time, The God Delusion, Among the thugs - Bill Buford. Catch 22, The Satanic Bible I identify in the least with harper lee, in the maximum with James Baxter!, Siddhartha, The Glass Bead Game, The Game, The Godfather Returns, The Bourne Identity I Hear - Whithering Heights is good, In High Places, Final Diagnosis, Fifty Lessons in Russian by Nina Popatov, While Europe Slept, Creating Value Monopolies by Edward De Bono, Roots - Alex Haley, Conquest of Happiness - Bertrand Russel, Eleven Minutes, The Alchemist - Coelho The Krishnamurti Reade…

Well I'm looking for a good book on quantum chromodynamics, anyone got any recommendations?

Can anyone recommend any good Carl Sagan books? I've read the Demon Haunted World, and I'm about halfway done with Pale Blue Dot (which is a lot better), but I'm not entirely sure what to read next...any advice? I was thinking Contact, for the fun of it, but if there are any other non-fiction books of his that are very good, I'll definitely look 'em up.

John Horgan interviews a lot of scientific luminaries, ostensibly about the idea that Science has got the Big Picture already, and rest will be filling in the details. This book isn't interesting because it's main theme (which 90% of you will dismiss as silly, out of hand), but because of the wide canvas of subjects the interviewees talk about. Gould, Dawkins, Margulis, many more. Just sayin' stuff, about A.I., aliens, God, fractals, philosophy of science, etc. Illuminating. (If not about the subject, then about the people).

any one read "still reading khan"??

...an article in PLoS Biology, you can find it here. On another topic, I proposed to teach physics only with calculus, I think we should also only teach genetics & evolution when students know a little about probability and statistics. They would get a much better understanding of the subject and would be less likely to be misled by creationists.

It is finally done. The book 'An Introduction to Gravity Modification' (Universal Press, 03/01/2008, $29.95) results are: 1. Force is a non-inertia field. The macro forces, gravity, electromagnetic force, and all mechanical forces, obey non-inertia fields exactly. This is a major step forward towards unification of forces, as gravity is included. 2. A review of published experimental data shows that a particle’s probability distribution is not Gaussian, but a new distribution (not one of the 37 known distributions) that under certain conditions is a Gamma distribution. 3. Gravity modification consists of two parts, field modulation and field vectoring. The non-inert…

I picked up mathematics, physics and philosophy. I would recommend these to anyone who doesn't have a list of principles, theories, and laws on hand. I am reading the physics one now. There is everything from Mach's principle to Absolute Zero- Newton's theory of color to General relativity- String theory to cosmic inflation. So far it has been a good read- short, direct and to the point. I found these at Walden books for about 5 USD a peice. I also found Essential Einstein, Universe, A Brief History of Time, Universe in a Nutshell, Stem Cell Now, and The Scientists. I only paid 60USD for all of them!

by John D. Barrow Anyone read it? Just bought it last week and can't put it down. The author does a great job.

About a year ago I read a great book titled Theories for Everything, which is almost a general history of science. The book is divided into six general areas, written by three authors, each experts in their respective fields. Nothing is incomprehensible. It will definitely become part of my personal library. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theories_for_Everything National Geographic: http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/product/212/3233/114.html Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Theories-Everything-Illustrated-History-Science/dp/0792239121 I'd recommend it to those who are interested in the history of science, or who want a general overview of a spec…

Hello, I am very new to these forums. I have been reading a few different books (in a few different areas of education) over the last few weeks and I was curious as to the opinion you people may have of them, and if anyone knows of counter points (books) to each respective book please let me know- as I like to have many sides to the same "story" to help form my own conclusion. The books are: Genome by Matt Ridley The God delusion by Richard Dawkins ...On the Origin of the Species... by Charles Darwin Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson The End of Faith, Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris The Selfish …

I havent read the book much though the first few pages i have read seems fascinating.... i intend to finish it as sooooooooooon as possible.......

Does any one know or read the book:Organic chemistry 7th edition by Jonh McMurry? Is any one can help with the ? I know there's a CD with answers but it's not availabe in the shop in our city so I hope some can give me all the ANSWERS of the Addition problems, Arez-List@hotmail.com. it's my E-mail add. I'm earnest about the answers. I think every students can understand the bad feeling that you find no banchmark to check whether you've done is on the right treckor not.....That's means no matter what vast number of excises you've done might be all in vain, isn't it? Then I need you guys help..

Rice, S.H. 2004. Evolutionary Theory. A short book ideal for someone interested in the fundamental principles of the theory evolution and the basic mathematical structure of the theory. The first chapters cover population genetics; selection, mutations, drift, and how to combine these mechanisms with diffusion theory. The other half of the book covers the evolution of the phenotype; quantitative genetics, game theory, multilevel selection, evo-devo. The maths required; not much, basic calculus, some linear algebra.

you want a really good series of sci-fi books, read something by Octavia E.Butler. my favorite series is Lillith's brood, its a post-apocalypse series, where mysterious gene-tradeing aliens rescue the human race, but they underestimate our abilities to disillusion ourselves. the first one is called Dawn. the other series by her that i like is called the patternmaster series its about an immortal parasite who is attempting to build a race of psychics, the first one is i beleive called wild seed check them out, they're some of my favorite books right next to the Halo series.

The Mystical Mind: Probing the Biology of Religious Experience By Eugene d’Aquili and Andrew B. Newberg This book explores the biological mechanisms and neurological basis of mystical and religious experience. Many of the concepts pertaining to the mind/brain are based on existing research in neurology, psychology, and psychiatry. It provides a conceptual framework for understanding states of altered consciousness, and how a wide variety of states (spanning a continuum towards the experience of “absolute unitary being”) are involved in the development of various religious beliefs and myth formation. Curiously, science and religion are explored in a complementar…

I was wondering if anyone could recommend a/some good books(s) to get me started on quantum physics, relativity and string theory. Preferable a book that I can just read rather than a study text book. I also wanted to ask whether any of you have read the book "Imagining the Tenth Dimension", and whether or not it was good, because I plan on reading it some time soon... Thanks, Innit Sorry 'bout the double post, but here's a book that I found, which looks quite interesting: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elegant-Universe-Superstrings-Dimensions-Ultimate/dp/009928992X/ Any ideas?

Great book talking about how much string theory sucks.

WRINKLES IN TIME By George Smoot and Keay Davidson

Anyone have suggestions for a good chemistry book? I have pretty good knowledge of chemistry, understand the language, but i would love to learn more. Preferably, I would like one with expiriments in it.

Stephen Wolfram - A new kind of science http://www.wolframscience.com/ You can view it online. I have read much of this book and love it. This book is about cellular automation. Normally this is done in 2D for example with the famous conways life and focus is on patterns that can be built in one set of rules, however this book focuses mainly on 1D automations and all the different rules instead. My choppy mathematics education normally makes this sort of thing hard. Perhaps that I am a computer programmer who loves such things and regally builds abstractly and complex programs helps, however I suspect that my understanding of this is more to do with the way t…

I noticed a few posts referring to Dawkins' book. Both believers and non-believers of deities find the book a bit crass. So, I am suggesting that instead you read a much older essay on science and religion, by Einstein. That is the title, and can be easily found in a search engine using the above. He is far more eloquent in both his approach and resolution.

Jane Eyre is a really good book. It is about a young girl who is treaterd badly by her guardian. Her guardian despies her so she is taken away to a strict, harsh boarding school called LOWOODS. After that she goes to THORNTOWN to work as agoverness for a young, spoilt french girl. She falls in love with her master MR. ROCHESTER. It is a very good book!!!

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Phoenix-Information-Economy-Collapsed/dp/0262012170 Just finished reading this interesting anecdote about the rise and fall and re-rise of the information economy. There's a lot about IP law/policy, the Microsoft scandals of the 90's, stuff about the F/OSS revolution, and discussion about the great information sharing software of our time (Napster, etc.) More of a history than a debate about the current times, but there are many questions that this book brings up that really questions how we should be dealing with the "information economy" of today and tomorrow. Give it try if you wanna =)