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July 20, 2019

Marooned and Miraculous

“Oliver connects Heidegger’s pivotal distinction between Earth and World to deliberations on cosmopolitanism from Kant to Arendt and Derrida and to thinking earth as the sustaining ground of not-just-human life. Drawing effortlessly on film and popular culture, this is a...

July 19, 2019

Book Excerpt! Transform Faults: My Road to Seafloor Spreading, Continental Drift, and Plate Tectonics

“Lynn R. Sykes is world-renowned for his contributions to seismology. In this retrospective, he reflects on his fruitful scientific journey, from reading lots of seismograms and making fundamental contributions to the theory of plate tectonics and the understanding of great...

July 18, 2019

The Seven Types of Earthquakes: What They Are and How They Can Affect Us

“A leader in the plate tectonic revolution, Sykes also spearheaded studies of earthquake hazards and prediction for five decades. His unvarnished reflections and insights will captivate anyone intrigued by the irregular rhythms and spasms of the earth or curious about...

July 17, 2019

Book Excerpt! Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes: 50 Years of Earth-Shaking Events

 “A personal, firsthand tour through one of the great scientific revolutions of the past several centuries, from a major contributor to that revolution.” ~Daniel Davis, Stony Brook University This week we’re featuring Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes: 50 Years of...

July 16, 2019

New Book Tuesday! America the Beautiful and Violent, Aggregating the News, On the Screen, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books is now available! America the Beautiful and Violent Black Youth and Neighborhood Trauma in Chicago Dexter R. Voisin Aggregating the News Secondhand Knowledge and the Erosion of Journalistic Authority Mark Coddington Allies of Convenience...

July 12, 2019

Are You a Dinosaur Expert?

“This book is excellent. Rather than simply a profile of twenty-five dinosaurs, it puts each of these in context of its discovery and significance in terms of the science of paleontology, as well as comparisons with close relations. Thus, it...

July 11, 2019

Debunking Five Myths About Dinosaurs

“A grand tour of dinosaurs, from one of our most prolific natural history writers. I’ve been reading Donald Prothero’s books since I began studying geology in college, and here he delivers again, with a romping chronicle of some of the...

July 10, 2019

Book Excerpt! The Story of Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries (preface)

“Solid proof that dinosaurs through scientific eyes are no less fascinating than they are in the movies.” ~Kirkus Reviews This week, we’re featuring The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries: Amazing Fossils and the People Who Found Them, by Donald R. Prothero. In...

July 9, 2019

Seven Extraordinary Facts About Dinosaurs

“This book is excellent. Rather than simply a profile of twenty-five dinosaurs, it puts each of these in context of its discovery and significance in terms of the science of paleontology, as well as comparisons with close relations. Thus, it...

July 4, 2019

Six Tick Reducing Tips

Courtesy of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station/Dr. Kirby Strafford   “A lucid and important book, filled with moving case histories and vignettes, about an infectious illness that is threatening many lives.” ~ Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies:...

July 3, 2019

Book Excerpt! Conquering Lyme Disease (preface)

“Conquering Lyme Disease is a balanced and factual synthesis of what is known and unknown about Lyme disease. Written in a clear and understandable way for a lay audience as well as medical professionals, it is a rich source of information...

July 2, 2019

Six Facts You Should Know About Lyme Disease

“Lyme disease is a more complicated and nuanced illness than has been previously recognized. Fallon and Sotsky’s experience with the neuropsychological manifestations of Lyme, combined with their insights into the current patient experience, make this book a significant addition to...

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