Science/Tech Books

Nuclear energy is an idea whose time has come again. Or has it? Veteran nuclear researcher James Mahaffey makes the case for an atomic solution to energy concerns.

Dec 1, 2009 - Mike Perricone

An unsung heroine of astronomy finally receives well-deserved credit for her tireless work and momentous results.

Nov 14, 2009 - Mike Perricone

Leonard Lee Rue III's book, "Way of the Whitetail," (Voyageur Press, 2000) is an amazing source of information about North American Deer.

Nov 13, 2009 - Brenda Layman

Before "industrialized" science, scientists worked on their own to pose questions to the universe, and they persisted until the universe gave them an answer.

Nov 7, 2009 - Mike Perricone

Anthony D. Barnosky explains that climate change is changing nature fundamentally and that we are headed toward an extinction phase that will include our species.

Nov 3, 2009 - Sara E. Lewis

Physics professor and author Hans Ohanian says Einstein's work was fraught with errors in the details, but his thinking was still decades ahead of all his contemporaries.

Oct 31, 2009 - Mike Perricone

Learn how to model, texture, rig and animate game art in Autodesk Maya with Michael McKinley's excellent guide to 3D modeling.

Oct 28, 2009 - Nicolas McGregor

John Gribbin provides a masterful and readable explanation of thinking on multiple universes or dimensions. The Multiverse is a key to current cosmological science.

Oct 24, 2009 - Martin P Wilson

Quantum theory is one of the more esoteric sciences, still not fully understood. This Very Short Introduction provides background, history and theory to quantum physics.

Oct 23, 2009 - Linda Gentile

In 1999, two workers created an unshielded nuclear reactor in Tokaimura Japan. A TV news crew chronicled the treatment and inevitable death of one of them.

Oct 20, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

Author Stephen Whitney offers a comprehensive look at the land from Southeastern Alaska to Northern California, through Oregon and Washington to Western Montana.

Oct 19, 2009 - Linda McDonnell

Christopher Steiner suggests that much more expensive petroleum products, especially gasoline, will aid the growth of public transit and healthy urban neighborhoods.

Oct 11, 2009 - Molly Markey

The SharpBrain Guide to Brain Fitness provides insights into the brain training revolution as well as emerging discoveries and trends in the science of brain function.

Oct 10, 2009 - Martha R. Gore

Eating the Sun by author Oliver Morton explains how, where there is greenery, photosynthesis is working to make oxygen, release energy and create living matter.

Oct 4, 2009 - Martha R. Gore

Fixing Climate takes an unconventional approach to the problem of global warming and offers a possible solution. It provides a glimmer of hope for the future.

Sep 25, 2009 - Martha R. Gore

The End of a Long Summer asks the question whether or not it is too late to save the planet.

Sep 22, 2009 - Martha R. Gore

The chicken is the closest thing to a dinosaur living on Earth today. Can a chicken embryo be made to develop into something akin to a dinosaur? Jack Horner thinks so.

Sep 21, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

Jason Darby's book, Picture Yourself Creating Video Games, demonstrates making video games with the Games Factory 2 by Clickteam.

Sep 5, 2009 - Nicolas McGregor

This book makes great reading for all interested in the workings of the human mind, especially in the case of crime. Britton talks about real violent cases and outcomes

Aug 26, 2009 - Rachel L. Webb

Professor Adam takes a wide ranging and somewhat eclectic journey through the mathematics of the natural world. He observes, he thinks, he does the math.

Aug 10, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

Nuclear weapons continue to play an important role in global military and political matters. Can civilization and ultimate destructive power coexist?

Aug 9, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

If having a telescope named after you is the ultimate honor in astronomy, then William and Caroline Herschel have been shorted. Together they made many contributions.

Aug 4, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

Early in the 20th century, it was accepted that matter was composed of atoms. But what exactly was an atom? Ernest Rutherford would have something to say about that.

Aug 3, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

As the subtitle (The Many Lives of Amphetamine) suggests, "On Speed" is an account of the discovery, marketing, and varied uses of a relatively simple yet powerful drug.

Jul 31, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

Bonnie Henderson's detective work has uncovered fascinating stories of debris washed up on just one mile of Oregon coastline, from rubber duckies to minkie whales.

Jul 28, 2009 - Sheila Gaquin

Michael Duggan demonstrates the easy way to make 3D games with Conitec's 3D Game Studio game authoring software.

Jul 19, 2009 - Nicolas McGregor

Surgeon Atul Gawande's "Better" is among the decade's most revolutionary books: take after intensely relevant take on why mistakes happen - and how they don't have to.

Jul 13, 2009 - Alice Luxton

How was the miraculous survival of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's son connected to the deaths of numerous poor children years later? The same way

Jul 11, 2009 - Alice Luxton

The authors claim the book was written on twitter. It certainly doesn't read like a book that had a lot of thought or editing put into it. It's slightly useful.

Jul 1, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

The United states ranks low on virtually every measure of health care success, despite spending more than any other nation. Doctor Newman explains why this might be so.

Jun 29, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

Nuclear fusion. It's a source of incredible destructive power, and holds the promise of unlimited energy production. Bombs work well, but energy is as elusive as ever.

Jun 24, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

With the subtitle "Pascal, Fermat, and the 17th-Century Letter that Made the World Modern," this book clearly explains a seminal correspondence in mathematics.

Jun 21, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

This well-illustrated biography of Charles Darwin focuses on the naturalist's personal life as well as his scientific achievements. It is brief but effective.

Jun 20, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

Abigail "Gaie" Ailing, Mark Nelson, Sally Silverstone were sealed for two years inside a full-size terrarium, Biosphere 2. Details of their daily life and challenges.

Jun 19, 2009 - Thomas Alan Gray

"Brush Cat" is certainly about trees and the wood economy as it pertains to life in the northeastern United States. There is even a Brush Cat or two in it.

Jun 18, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

Go along for the ride with both smugglers and investigators as they work the murky world of reptile trafficking. The profits are huge, and only fools get caught.

Jun 16, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

Norman Swade chronicles the intellectual achievements and tragedies of Charles Babbage, driving force behind an ambitious project to build an early calculating machine.

Jun 8, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

Uranium. It's nature's heaviest naturally occurring element. Tom Zoellner examines the history, science, and politics surrounding this controversial metal.

Jun 4, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

In "The Soul of a New Machine" Tracy Kidder chronicles a year at Data General, as an engineering team is tasked with creating a new computer on an impossible schedule.

Jun 3, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

The fear of oil shortages has afflicted the West with crises of its own making, but Leonardo Maugeri analyzes the wrong future with little focus on global warming.

May 27, 2009 - Mike Perricone

Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, has turned his attention to consumers' ability to impact corporate decision-making and the products they manufacture.

May 24, 2009 - Lori Bosworth

An interesting concept posits that man invented, as the brain's necessary external hard drive, both books and libraries.

Apr 25, 2009 - Rosemary E. Bachelor

Using the 3D model creation software Autodesk Maya, Antony Ward demonstrates in tutorial form how to model, rig, texture and animate 3D game characters.

Apr 9, 2009 - Nicolas McGregor

Despite disastrous human, political and environmental consequences, developing countries are still intent on building large dams and complicated water projects.

Mar 21, 2009 - Susan Cunningham

James Shreeve's book examines the conundrum of where and when modern humans emerged and what happened to the populations our ancestors replaced.

Mar 18, 2009 - James Richardson

Sir Martin Rees delves into the numbers behind the forces that govern the universe, explaining how delicately balanced they are and what would happen if they were not.

Mar 9, 2009 - James Richardson

Online businesses must rank well on searches as many searchers never make it past page two of Google results or click on sponsored listings. This book helps to do that.

Mar 3, 2009 - Roger Lever

One of the most important finds in the history of evolutionary biology was originally so badly misinterpreted that it lay gathering dust in obscurity for four decades.

Mar 2, 2009 - James Richardson

If you or someone you know is tired of mushroom recipe compilations and field guides, consider these good reads to broaden mycological horizons.

Mar 1, 2009 - Philip McIntosh

Kenneth R. Miller, author of Finding Darwin's God, takes a look at the Intelligent Design movement and what it means for the study of evolution, and science in general.

Feb 16, 2009 - James Richardson