Alan Alda
Birth date: January 28, 1936
Alan Alda's Books
A series of essays that read like an ode to science. Good poetry makes you feel your way to understanding, and these essays let you understand by feeling and just gives enough to whet you curiosity on the topic and give you further ideas for further listening.This book would make a great first scien...
bookshelves: essays, gr-library, nonfiction, published-2013, environmental-issues, tbr-busting-2014, winter-20132014, sciences, psychology, under-500-ratings, next, abandoned, skim-through Read on February 24, 2013 Arrogant title, let see what it delivers! 1. EVOLUTION BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTI...
I thought the first half was really good. It was interesting and exciting at the beginning when the zombies first started attacking. Later sections were tedious. If you are reading this book expecting it to be like the movie, don't bother. If you like zombie books, this one is okay.
Essentially a compilation of short articles by eminent scientists & academics about their favourite deep & elegant theories. There's a lot of ground covered from physics to sociology, so there's probably something of interest for everyone.
Arrogant title, let see what it delivers!
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