Everyone should read this book. It should be part of the national curriculum, as it is much more important than Shakespeare.
The Revenge of Gaia
Yes, James Lovelock does have an outlying view of the Earth system we live in, but only by reading these theories that are not mainstream, do we truly appreciate the potential perils [...]
Posted on Friday 22nd June 2007 in Reviews, Science tagged book-review, books, climate change, environmental, Science, with no comments.
A book describing a multitude of seemingly random interconnected ideas, and how these relate to the society we live in. Although Philip Ball uses a lot of mathematical and statistical analyses, it is not a book about maths—rather it is a book about how individuals interact with each other to form a coherent society [...]
Posted on Monday 11th September 2006 in Blog tagged books, mathematics, review, Science, world_politics, with no comments.
Some photos from my walk yesterday from Loch Arkaig, up Druim a Chuirn/Sgurr Càs na Breach-laoidh, then over An Eag, and Sgurr Beag, before going up Sgurr Mór. (Map)
It was pretty tricky going, with few paths, but the scenery was magnificent, and the weather pretty much ideal, if a little windy.
Looking west of south-west from [...]
Posted on Sunday 7th May 2006 in Blog tagged books, landscapes, mountains, Photos, with no comments.
It bombards them with adverts, seduces them with merchandise – and then fills them with additives. In an exclusive extract from his explosive new book, Eric Schlosser reveals how the fast-food industry exploits its key audience – the very young
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Stuff the kids
Posted on Wednesday 26th April 2006 in Blog tagged adverts, books, junk-food, Links, TV, with no comments.
I have just finished reading one of my Christmas presents, Bill Bryson’s “A Short History of Nearly Everything”. The book is quite weighty, at 570 odd pages long, but it is actually surprisingly easy and enjoyable to read… if you like numbers. And this book is full of some very large, and very small [...]
Posted on Thursday 11th August 2005 in Blog tagged books, review, Science, with no comments.
