Category: Download the Universe
This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
Be Not Content: A Subterranean Journal. By William J. Craddock. Originally published by Doubleday, 1970; reprinted by Transreal Books, 2011.
Reviewed by Steve Silberman
July 1, 2012
Continue reading “Rudy Rucker Resurrects a Lost Classic of Psychedelia”
This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
What Technology Wants. By Kevin Kelly. Published by Citia.
Reviewed by John Hawks
June 22, 2012
This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
The Island of Secrets. By Matthew Power. Published by The Atavist.
Guest reviewed by Oliver Hulland
June 15, 2012
Continue reading “A Journey to the Island of Tree Kangaroos”
This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
June 14, 2012
Anna Lee Phillips, a senior editor at American Scientist, recently invited me to join her and book critic Phil Manning in a roundtable discussion about reviewing science books.
Continue reading “Reviewing Science Books: A Conversation in American Scientist Magazine”
This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
Brian Cox’s Wonders of the Universe. Published by Harper Collins.
Guest reviewed by Jaime Green
June 11, 2012
Continue reading “Can the wonders of the universe fit on an iPad?”