Einstein's Jewish science

Judith Goldsmith, a favorite Hewlett Woodmere patron, asked for this book. She always has interesting questions and requests; always. O, for more such patrons.

Einstein's Jewish science : physics at the intersection of politics and religion

The universe in a single atom

Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV. (2005). The universe in a single atom: the convergence of science and spirituality. New York: Morgan Road Books.

Book-a-day calendar: He "draws interesting parallels between the methods and aims of science and of Buddhism (both are grounded in empiricism and reality; they share a desire to "understand" the world; and they perceive similar cycles, systems and patterns) and addresses the role of ethics in science and the place of science in society."

Edward Humes

Eco barons : the dreamers, schemers, and millionaires who are saving our planet

Naming nature

Countdwon to extinction

Scientist and theologian, protege of Benjamin Franklin

Johnson, Steven. (2008). Invention of air: a story of science, faith, revolution, and the birth of America. New York: Riverhead Books.

Hippies saved physics

Beauty and terror of science

Homes, Robert. (2009). The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science. New York: Pantheon Books.

"The Age of Wonder" explores the earliest ideas of deep time and space, and the explorers of "dynamic science": an infinite, mysterious Nature waiting to be discovered. Three lives dominate the book: William Herschel, his sister Caroline, and Humphry Davy.

Let it breathe

To cork or not to cork : tradition, romance, science, and the battle for the wine bottle.
George M Taber

Cultural battlefield

Giberson, Karl. (2008). Saving Darwin: how to be a Christian and believe in evolution. New York: HarperOne.

Library Journal: Giberson is an outstanding scientist and scholar who tries to unite the uncompromising correctness of creationism and intelligent design with proven scientific knowledge, thereby saving Darwin's evolution theory and re-examining its basic tenets from a Christian worldview.

Luminous fish

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"Originally published as Peces luminosos: historias de amor y ciencia by Tusquets Editorial, Barcelona, 2002."--T.p. verso. "A Sciencewriters Book." Stories, fictional and memoir, of scientists in work and in love.