Comments on: Top Science Books of the Last Year https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/01/top-science-books-of-the-last/ Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:19:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Sheril Kirshenbaum https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/01/top-science-books-of-the-last/#comment-509927 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:19:11 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/01/top-science-books-of-the-last/#comment-509927 Thanks Greg! XX

]]> By: Diane Keller https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/01/top-science-books-of-the-last/#comment-509926 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:38:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/01/top-science-books-of-the-last/#comment-509926 Thanks for this interesting overview. I hadn’t heard of the book “Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires: the History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians”, but have just bought it. I saw that someone had compiled a top 5 of bext popular science books on biology that have been released in 2011 (http://popsciencebooks.com/best-biology-books/) and there are also some interesting titles there (that are not yet in your list). Too many books to read and not enough time – that is always the main problem! Thanks again for the tips!

]]> By: Daniel J. Andrews https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/01/top-science-books-of-the-last/#comment-509925 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:55:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/01/top-science-books-of-the-last/#comment-509925 The Newton one looks good. Not in Kindle format unfortunately. Will check the library to see if they have a hard copy. But the periodic one is in Kindle format. Immortal Life is on a friend’s desk and she’ll loan it to me when she’s done. The others don’t immediately grab my interest.

Speaking of books, I’ve partway through Donald Prothero’s book Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters. Thoroughly enjoyable…I could have used a book like this quite a few years ago when I was stumbling my way forward from literal 6-day creationism. The journey might have been shortened by years.

What I also appreciate is that he’s taken the trouble to learn Hebrew and Koine Greek (I have two years of Koine Greek, am starting to learn Hebrew in January) so when he talks about theological items, he’s more informed than some others who have also written excellent books on evolution but who blunder somewhat when they try to interpret the bible or theology.

]]> By: lynn fellman https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/01/top-science-books-of-the-last/#comment-509924 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:09:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/01/top-science-books-of-the-last/#comment-509924 I treated myself to three books on your list I could buy as e-books. The Wrangham book (Catching Fire) is so good with Greg Laden at the top of the list of acknowledgements at the end of the book. Neat!

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/01/top-science-books-of-the-last/#comment-509923 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:39:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/01/top-science-books-of-the-last/#comment-509923 You can hang around provisionally for a while while you assess your priorities.

]]> By: Achrachno https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/01/top-science-books-of-the-last/#comment-509922 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:18:09 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/01/top-science-books-of-the-last/#comment-509922 “If you’ve not read these than you can’t really be my friend”

Well, I guess that’s it for me. I’ve not read any of them, and I’ve already got so many books waiting that I don’t know when I’ll get through them all. Should I quit reading blogs?

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