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2021-12-27
"Saucer" by Stephen Coonts
2021-12-20
"The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design" by Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt
Copyright: 2020
ISBN: 9780358126607
This is an extremely interesting book that examines the hidden stories behind some rather common things that are found in your typical city. The format of the book divides the topic into six areas focusing on inconspicuous, conspicuous, infrastructure, architecture, geography and urbanism. Within each of the larger topics there are discussion on a number of different subjects. Some of these are utility codes, wireless towers, love locks, civic monuments, traffic lights, inflatable figures, roadways, technology, modern elevators, door locks, the layout of streets and roads, street trees, and grassroots gardening to name but a few of the over 125 topics.
2021-12-13
"Barefoot in Baker Street" by Charlotte Anne Walters
2021-12-06
"Putting the Science in Fiction: Expert Advice for Writing With Authenticity in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Other Genres" by Dan Koboldt
2021-11-29
"Timescape" by Gregory Benford
2021-11-22
"The Flooded Earth" by Peter D. Ward
2021-11-15
"Artifact" by Gregory Benford
2021-11-08
"Space at the Speed of Light: The History of 14 Billion Years for People Short on Time" by Becky Smethurst
Copyright: 2020
ISBN: 9781984858696
Dr. Smethurst examines and number of fundamental questions, that I'm fairly sure many astrophysicists get asked many times during their career. Some of these questions are why does gravity matter, what was around in the beginning, a history of black holes (her speciality), the overall size of the universe, alien existence, and why is the sky dark to name but a few. The chapters are well written, and give good explanations, and would be suitable to inclusion in any grade school library.
In addition of this book Dr. Smethurst is a popular YouTube personality who examines unsolved cosmological mysteries, space news in general. She also contributes videos to other YouTube channels such as Sixty Symbols, and astronomy videos to Deep Sky Videos.
Going on Hiatus
Greetings, I have decided to put a hold on doing further book reviews for a while. In fact I'm not sure if I will resume doing reviews ...
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Publisher: New York : Collins, 2008. Edition: First Collins edition. ISBN: 9780061673887 Characteristics: 336 pages, 32 unnum...
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Publisher: Berkley Copyright: 1981 ISBN: 9780441900671 Wizard is the second book in the Gaea series, and take...