by Library Lin | Aug 22, 2022 | Natural Sciences
520. Books on astronomy & allied sciences Further Reading: J.L. Heilbron The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories, 1999. The truth about the separation of science and religion is more complicated than we think. John Heilbron tells the story of four... 
by Library Lin | Jul 14, 2022 | Natural Sciences
510. Books on mathematics Further Reading: David Alan Grier When Computers Were Human, 2007. How were long computations made before we had computers? Primarily by human beings, both men and women, trained to perform these calculations. David Alan Grier shares the... 
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...