Adventures in Ethics and Science

Friday Sprog Blogging: summer reading recommendations.

Category: Book review

The Free-Ride offspring are almost at the end of another school year, so we thought this would be a good time for them to think about some summer reading recommendations. Each of them chose two favorite books that have something...

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Book review: The Urban Homestead.

Category: Book review

The Urban Homestead: Your guide to self-sufficient living in the heart of the city. by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen Port Townsend, WA: Process Media 2008 In honor of Earth Day, here's a brief review of a fascinating book...

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Book review: Maria Mitchell and the Sexing of Science.

Category: Book review

Maria Mitchell and the Sexing of Science: An Astronomer among the American Romantics by Renée Bergland Boston: Beacon Press 2008 What is it like to be a woman scientist? In a society where being a woman is somehow a...

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Book review: Everyday Practice of Science.

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Everyday Practice of Science: Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic. by Frederick Grinnell Oxford University Press 2009 Scientists are not usually shy when it comes to voicing their frustration about the public's understanding of how science works,...

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Book review: Wired for War.

Category: Book review

Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century by P.W. Singer New York: Penguin 2009 For some reason, collectively humans seem to have a hard time seeing around corners to anticipate the shape our future...

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Friday Sprog Blogging: Elements with Style.

At long last, we review a book to which we have alluded in at least two previous posts. The book: The Periodic Table: Elements with Style, written by Adrian Dingle, illustrated by Simon Basher. (Boston: Kingfisher, 2007)...

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Book review: Autism's False Prophets.

Paul A. Offit, M.D., Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure. Columbia University Press, 2008. Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure examines the ways that uncertainties...

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Book review: Ethics for the Real World.

Ronald A. Howard and Clinton D. Korver (with Bill Birchard), Ethics for the Real World: Creating a Personal Code to Guide Decisions in Work and Life. Harvard Business Press, 2008. I fully embrace the idea that ethics should not...

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Book review: And the Band Played On.

Randy Shilts, And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic. St. Martin's Press, 1987. There are a few books on my shelf that I can read any given number of times without being bored or impatient. One...

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Friday Sprog Blogging: book review of 'Tentacles! Tales of the Giant Squid'.

Category: Kids and science

The foreshadowing last week was accurate. This week, we offer a review of Tentacles! Tales of the Giant Squid by Shirley Raye Redmond with illustrations by Bryn Barnard. Younger offspring: We should talk about my new squid book for the...

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