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Book of the Month Review I: Timothy Ferris’ “Coming of Age in the Milky Way”

When I first found out the Book of the Month was going to be a science book, I wasn’t completely thrilled. Science and I do not get along and the idea of reading a 500 page book revolving around all things science did not sound like a good time to me. Luckily, while reading Coming [...]

Review: Richard Dawkins’ “The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution”

The controversial Richard Dawkins’ new book responds to creationists’ question, “Where is the proof?” The Greatest Show on Earth generally takes a gentler, more persuasive tone than his previous books, but Dawkins may be preaching to the choir. Given his reputation and the vitriol of his earlier The God Delusion, it would be surprising if [...]

January’s Book of the Month

Every month the readheads pick one book that all three of us read and review. Our first book of the month for 2010(!) is Timothy Ferris’ Coming of Age in the Milky Way (2003 edition).
Synopsis from Publishers Weekly:
The ancient Egyptians regarded the sky as a kind of tent canopy. Thirty centuries later, astronomer William Herschel [...]