by Library Lin | Apr 25, 2022 | Books, Natural Sciences
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes by Eric Jay Dolin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Do you think hurricanes are just “bad thunderstorms?” Eric Jay Dolin demonstrates they are more like natural war machines delivering amazingly... 
by Library Lin | Mar 8, 2022 | Natural Sciences
591 Specific Topics in Natural History of Animals Further Reading: Marc Bekoff The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy—and Why They Matter, 2007. Using his original research, scientist Mark Bekoff shares the... 
by Library Lin | Jan 17, 2022 | Natural Sciences
581. Specific topics in the natural history of plants Further Reading Wolfgang Stuppy and Rob Kesseler Seeds: Time Capsules of Life, 2006. This illustrated natural history provides examples of all types of seeds, biological marvels of incredible diversity. Every seed... 
by Library Lin | Dec 16, 2021 | Natural Sciences
577. Books on ecology Further Reading David M. Carroll Following the Water: A Hydromancer’s Notebook, 2009. Artist and naturalist David M. Carroll shares his love of wetlands from March through November in pictures and words. Aaron Hirsh Telling Our Way to the Sea: A... 
by Library Lin | Jul 19, 2021 | Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences
551. Geology, hydrology, meteorology Further Reading Lars Anderson The Storm and the Tide: Tragedy, Hope and Triumph in Tuscaloosa, 2014. Anderson shares the heartwarming story of Alabama’s Crimson Tide, and how the football team helped the city of Tuscaloosa... 
by Library Lin | Jul 14, 2021 | Natural Sciences, Uncategorized
509. Natural sciences history, geographic treatment, and biography books Further reading Isaac Asimov Asimov’s Chronology of Science and Discovery, 1989. Science didn’t develop in a vacuum and acclaimed twentieth-century popular science writer Isaac Asimov...