One of the unexpected pleasures of blogging here at ScienceBlogs is that publishers send us books, hoping that we might offer some publicity. The problem with this is, for me at least, once the semester starts, I have little opportunity to read books that are not at least partially related to my teaching or research interests. So, in the interests to quid pro quo, here are a few of the books I recently received but I have as yet not had a chance to read or complete.
- Micheal Chorost, Rebuilt: My Journey Back to the Hearing World [amaz]
- James Lovelock, The Revenge of Gaia: Earth's Climate Crisis & The Fate of Humanity [amaz]
- Lee Smolin, The Touble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of Science, and What Comes Next [amaz]
Like many of my SciBlings, I received a copy of Christine Nusslein-Volhard's Coming to Life [amaz], a book I liked very much, but as yet haven't gotten round to writing anything about. You could do worse that check what Jason, Shelley, Bora, RPM, and PZ have to say about that book.
Is it because I'm not in America, that I don't get any of this bling?
I'm guessing that's the reason. Either that or the steamer has yet to round the Cape :)