…but the post below doesn’t mean I don’t read!

Just to balance out the previous post in which I declare an abject lack of stamina for science books, here are some books I have finished recently and can thoroughly recommend:

Scarlett Thomas “PopCo” and “The End of Mr. Y”:  I read PopCo a few months before going to Totnes (where much of the story is set) and [...]

Why I may stop buying science books…

It’s getting quite ridiculous - there is a growing pile of half read popular science books both at home and in my office.  I think I may have to stop buying them, but I’m interested in the topics even once I give up reading them.  I’d like to note that I don’t give up on books very often [...]

The Best American Science Writing 2008

I picked up this book at ScienceOnline ’09 in North Carolina back in January.  I read some of it there, some on the plane and have plugged through the remainder over the last few months.  There is something wonderful about a collection of essays (or short stories) that means you can read one in entirety at a [...]