Blogging… Strange Survivors is here! 7 Feb 2018 A little teaser of "Strange survivors": “Why should you read this book? In a nutshell, because the living world is majestic and awe inspiring, and because by learning about it…
Biology… Book Review: The Mind of God by Dr. Jay Lombard 28 Dec 2017 As I said in a previous review: "First things first: I consider myself a very hopeful agnostic. Also, I do not care at all for angry atheists (or theists), who…
Blogging… Book Review: Unbelievable? by Justin Brierley 1 Jul 2017 First things first: I consider myself a very hopeful agnostic. Also, I do not care at all for angry atheists (or theists), who are waaaaay different from genuinely thoughtful, polite…
Blogging… Book Review: Medical Neurobiology – 2nd Edition 20 Jun 2017December 22, 2020 Medical Neurobiology Dr. Peggy Mason Oxford University Press; 2 edition (March 15, 2017) ISBN-13: 978-0190237493 ~ Probably the best way for me to tell you about Dr. Mason’s book is…
Blogging… Book Review: We are all stardust by Stefan Klein 27 Jan 2017 We Are All Stardust: Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk about Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know. Stefan Klein (Author), Ross Benjamin (Translator) Kindle Edition…
Blogging… A little bit about me, some of my favorite books, and a couple of shameless plugs… 12 Jan 2017 A few years ago I was honored by the invitation to contribute to a now defunct blog, the 5readsblog. The idea was great, and I even saw the favorite five…
Blogging… Why I write about science – 2017 Edition 5 Jan 2017 Sometimes it is very difficult to explain how an idea is born. This is the case for my idea of start writing the Baldscientist blog. Scientists are educators, period. I…
Biology… This is what writers live for… A story about “The First Brain” 27 Nov 2016 Hello again! I wanted to tell you a wonderful story that warms my heart as an educator as well as a writer. It is about my book The First Brain. I have…
Blogging… Book Review: Finding God in the Waves 15 Oct 2016 Book Review: Finding God in the Waves by Mike McHargue It’s funny. As I was reading this book I felt very much like I was riding a proverbial wave; up-and-down, up-and…
Blogging… My book reviews so far, and other goodies… 15 Jul 2016 Hi everyone! you know that one of the things that I like to do here is to post book reviews. For your convenience and your reading pleasure, here are the…
Blogging… Book Review: The Sting of the Wild 2 Jul 2016May 2, 2021 This is a most enjoyable book, written by a scientist who really knows his stuff. Moreover, he loves his chosen research area. His fascination with the topic is more than…
Blogging… Useless book reviews 1 Jul 2016 This one is not a proper blog post. It's more of a comment on something I saw that was quite amusing. It somehow reminded me of this political season. I love…
Blogging "The First Brain: The Neuroscience of Planarians" – Table of Contents 9 Feb 2015 INTRODUCTION PART I – FUNDAMENTALS Chapter 1. Science Chapter 2. Biomedical Research PART II – THE SCIENCE OF THE BRAIN Chapter 3. An introduction to the neurosciences Chapter 4. The…
Blogging Very grateful for a wonderful review of my first book … 12 Jan 2015 A really wonderful review of The First Brain was just published. Here's the text and reference of it, reproduced by kind permission of the author: ========= Pagán, Oné R. The…
Blogging The Baldscientist's blog up to 2014… Thank you, one and all! 4 Jan 2015 Dear all, Here's my "traditional" annual graph with my total views and average views per month vs the year. Thank you ever so much for reading me. You have no…
Blogging The Voice of the Heart – Free Sample / La Voz del Corazón – Muestra Gratis 6 Dec 2014 ENGLISH I recently self-published my first science fiction story. It is titled "The Voice of the Heart" and it is about a young autistic man and his father. Here are…
Blogging Book Review: The Last lecture by Randy Pausch 28 Nov 2014 The Last Lecture Randy Pausch Hyperion; 1st edition (April 8, 2008) I have heard of the book, I actually watched the video, but it was only about a month ago…
Blogging… Happy birthday Carl Sagan! 9 Nov 2014 Today, one of my scientific heroes would have celebrated his 80th birthday. Happy Birthday, Carl Sagan. He was what I aspire to be, a practicing scientist and science communicator. He…
Books… Some aspects of the evolution of "The First Brain" 29 Sep 2014 Yes, this is yet another post about my book...(:-)... I found some old notes and my first scribbles about the epilogue. I wanted to share them with you... I recently…
Blogging… Book Review: My Sweet Satan by Peter Cawdron 14 Sep 2014November 1, 2020 Full disclosure: **I am Peter Cawdron’s fan and friend, and I credit him for making me reading for pleasure again. **Peter sent me an advance copy of the novel (one…
