Books… Book review: Monsters 15 Oct 2012February 20, 2021 Science, technology, and cooperation are probably the main tools that have allowed us to fend off monsters. The word “monsters” usually speaks of beings that can easily overpower and kill…
Books… BOOK REVIEW: Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid 19 Aug 2012 As usual, feel free to look at my "About" page. Also, if you wish, you may "Like" Baldscientist on Facebook! Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of…
Biology… BOOK REVIEW: The Brain: Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs 13 Aug 2012 Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall, Patricia J. Wynne (Illustrator). Yale University Press (2012). ISBN: 978-0300175226 This is an ambitious book. The brain is probably one of biology's "ultimate frontiers" and one…
Biology… BOOK REVIEW – Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist 12 Aug 2012 This is a review originally posted by me at amazon.com. --- Dr. Koch is a biophysicist by training who works primarily in computational neuroscience, with special interest in consciousness; he…
Biology… Why write about science? 2018 Edition 5 Aug 2012 “Not explaining Science seems to me perverse. When you are in love, you want to tell the whole world.” -Carl Sagan Sometimes it is very difficult to explain how an…
