science books
jdupuis | March 30, 2012Every year for the last several years I've collated and extracted the science books from all the various "best books of the year" lists in different media media outlets. I've done the same this year for books published in 2011! I can tell it's been popular among my readers from the hit stats I see for this blog and from the number of keyword searches on "best science books" or whatnot I see in my analytics program.
Back in 2009, I started taking all the lists I could find and tallying up all the "votes" to see which books were mentioned the most times. An interesting exercise, to say the…
jdupuis | March 15, 2012Dear FSM, by all that is unholy, I think this is the last one.
A final bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
Top Books We Read in 2011, by L.A. Weekly Writers.
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah BlumSan Antonio Express-News: Best books of…
jdupuis | March 15, 2012A couple more lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
San Francisco Chronicle 100 recommended books
American Anthrax: Fear, Crime, and the Investigation of the Nation's Deadliest Bioterror Attack by Jeanne Guillemin
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America by Richard White
Steve Jobs by…
jdupuis | March 14, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Powell's Books Staff Top 5s of 2011.
The Psychopath Test: A Journey through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
Physics of the Future: How Science…
jdupuis | March 13, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Year in Reviews: Wall Street Journal: Twelve Months of Reading.
The Quantum Universe: (And Why Anything That Can Happen, Does) by Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Stephen Pinker
Steve…
jdupuis | February 12, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: The Independent Books of the Year: Science, History.
The Quantum Universe: Everything that can happen does happen by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
Wonders of the Universe by Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen
The Magic of Reality: How we know…
jdupuis | February 11, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: January Magazine Best of 2011: Art & Culture, Non-Fiction.
The Magic of Reality: How We Really Know What's True by Richard Dawkin
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard…
jdupuis | February 9, 2012Walter Isaacson's book on Apple founder & CEO Steve Jobs is a fairly long book. It's not exactly a thriller either, especially since I know how it ends. As a result it took me a while to plow through it. I tended to read it in bursts of 40 or 50 pages over a few days then maybe put it aside for a while.
As a result, I ended up reading a bunch of other auto/biographical works at the same time. And there are some interesting parallels.
Ozzy Osbourne's I Am Ozzy and Tony Iommi's Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath are both great books. Like Jobs they are…
jdupuis | February 8, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: The Top Cryptozoology Books of 2011.
The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth by Richard Conniff
When Bigfoot Attacks by Michael Newton
Tracking Bigfoot by Donald Wallace and Lori Simmons
In Search of…
jdupuis | February 3, 2012Well, not me, exactly, but...
Anyways, some ideas and experiences from someone out there in blogland who used to be a lawyer and somehow managed to think opening a bookstore was a good idea.
25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore
Here's a chunk from the middle:19. If you're thinking of giving someone a religious book for their graduation, rethink. It will end up unread and in pristine condition at a used book store, sometimes with the fifty dollar bill still tucked inside. (And you're off and leafing once again).
20. If you don't have an AARP card, you're apparently too young to…
jdupuis | January 17, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Discovery News: A Little Light Reading: 2011 in Physics Books.
The Infinity Puzzle: Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe by Frank Close
The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the…
jdupuis | January 16, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Sci Tech Watch: My Favorite Books of 2011.
The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You by Eli Pariser
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster by Tom Shroder and John…
jdupuis | January 6, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following:
Russell Blackford
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker Stumbling Virtue
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
Moby Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and…
jdupuis | January 6, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Mother Nature Network: Best green and environmental books of 2011.
The Best Science and Nature Writing of 2011 edited by Mary Roach
Once and Future Giants: What Ice Age Extinctions Tell Us About the Fate of Earth's Largest Mammals by…
jdupuis | January 5, 2012I'm including here a list of all the books I've read in 2011, as well as some commentary on my particular year in reading. I always enjoy when people post these sorts of lists online and actually rather enjoy doing so myself.
I've been doing this for a few years now: 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007.
If you've posted such a list online somewhere, please post a link in the comments. I'd love to see it!
The list of books I'm posting below includes all the books I started in 2011, with the exception of books that I'm currently reading. In other words, it also includes a few books I've abandoned…
jdupuis | January 4, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following:
Bachelors Degree Online: The 20 Best Books of 2011 You Should Read Over Winter Break
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua FoerDevourer of Books
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in…
jdupuis | January 4, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Booklist Online Editors' Choice.
The Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President By Candice Millard
Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon By Alfredo Quiñones-…
jdupuis | January 3, 2012Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following:
Stevereads 2011 Best Books of the Year: Nonfiction!
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick
Worm: The First Digital World War by Mark Bowden Richmond Times-Dispatch: Jay Strafford's 10 favorite books of…
jdupuis | January 2, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: The Verge Booklist 2011.
Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America by Jeff Ryan
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin Mitnick and William L. Simon
Idea Man: A Memoir…
jdupuis | December 31, 2011Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following:
Coffee Theory: The 10 Best Books I Read in 2011
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua FoerThe New Yorker Favorite Books from 2011 & Malcolm Gladwell
Adventures in the…