Blogging Book Review – Astrobiology: A very short introduction 28 Nov 2013 Astrobiology: A very short introduction - D.C. Catling 2013 Oxford University Press David C. Caitling is a planetary scientist at the University of Washington at Seattle. He has an impressive…
Blogging Consistently stupid thoughts from a world-class mind 7 Oct 2013 Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. James D. Watson does it again! I do not know whether to laugh or laugh (yes, I said that). I do not think that I need…
Blogging Book review: “Little Green Men” by Peter Cawdron 1 Sep 2013 Note: I proofread an early version sent to me by the author. Peter Cawdron does it again, and even better. If you are a hard-SciFi fan, you know of Asimov. If you…
Blogging Book review: Cosmic Apprentice 18 Aug 2013 I really, really tried to like this book... About half of the chapters in this book were previously published as magazine articles, etc. Despite this, Sagan was able to (kind…
Blogging Book Review: Letters to a Young Scientist 8 Aug 2013 A delightful little book from a true Master. Dr. Edward O. Wilson is one of my favorite scientists and science writers and he is equally gifted in both careers. About…
Biology Book review: Are We Being Watched? The Search for Life in the Cosmos 27 Apr 2013 Are We Being Watched? The Search for Life in the Cosmos - Paul Murdin This is a rather interesting book but, what's not to like about astrobiology? If you know…
Biology No please, not Jane Goodall! (:-(… 21 Mar 2013 Sad, just sad... I have yet to look at this in depth, but apparently Jane Goodall committed plagiarism in her latest book. What? You do not know who Jane Goodall…
Biology Some of the responsibilities of a science writer – Part II 18 Mar 2013 Note added in Feb 2015: I am psychic! I kid. I am just saying that I wrote this post a couple of years ago and the vaccines issue is a…
Biology Some of the responsibilities of a science writer – Part I 11 Mar 2013 Surprisingly, a significant fraction of science writers do not seem to realize their true influence, their true power. This power is illustrated by two main facts: (1) In a very…
Biology Book review: The Dawn of the Deed: The Prehistoric Origins of Sex 6 Mar 2013 The Dawn of the Deed: The Prehistoric Origins of Sex J.A. Long (2012) Kindle Edition University Of Chicago Press This was a very fun book to read, but not for…
Biology Book Review: Weird Life 1 Mar 2013July 21, 2021 Weird Life: The Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own Author: David Toomey W. W. Norton & Company (February 19, 2013) **Full disclosure: A copy of…
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…
Biology… BOOK REVIEW – The Future of Life 4 Aug 2012 I wanted to bring to your attention one of my favorite books. Even though it was published some time ago, if anything, it is more relevant today. THE FUTURE OF…
Education… Good bye, Borders 23 Jul 2011 Last Thursday, I went to a nearby Borders store with my youngest son. Immediately, I felt that something was amiss. I usually go straight to the cafeteria to get my…
