Books I Like

Michael J. Burns

These are books written for the general public that I've read at one time or another & liked enough to recommend to people. It is a work in progress as I clean up my home office, which has a couple of hundred books in it.

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Quantum Mechanics

Reality Reloaded: The Scientific Case for a Simulated Universe by Melvin M Vopson

What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics by Adam Becker

 

 

Anthropology

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond In the Winter Quarter of 1975 at UCLA, I took Geography 1B, taught by Prof. Diamond, which was a Cultural Geography course. The material covered in that course, I realized years later when I read this book, had become a great part of this book.

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond

The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone by Edward Dolnick

Business

Beyond the Obvious: Killer Questions That Spark Game-Changing Innovation by Phil McKinney

 

 

Junk Science

Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System by M. Chris Fabricant

Imaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld by Sharon Weinberger

Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud by Robert L. Park

The Polygraph and Lie Detection by Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph, National Research Council

Ecology, Planetary Evolution

The Life and Death of Planet Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate Fate of Our World by Peter D. Ward & Donald Brownlee

 

 

 

 

Fun Science

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
 

 

Science Fiction

City by Clifford D. Simak (reprint of a Classic of SF)

Exhalation by Ted Chang

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chang

Trips in Time: Time Travel Tales by Roger Zelazny, Poul Anderson, Christopher Priest, and More (reprint of a Classic of SF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nature, Nature Journaling

How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds by Clare Walker Leslie

Drawn to Nature: Through the Journals of Clare Walker Leslie

Keeping a Nature Journal, 3rd Edition: Deepen Your Connection with the Natural World All Around You by Clare Walker Leslie

The Curious Nature Guide: Explore the Natural Wonders All Around You by Clare Walker Leslie

A Year In Nature: A Memoir of Solace by Clare Walker Leslie

Nature Drawing: A Tool for Learning by Clare Walker Leslie

The Nature Connection: An Outdoor Workbook for Kids, Families, and Classrooms by Clare Walker Leslie

Nature Journal: A Guided Journal for Illustrating and Recording Your Observations of the Natural World by Clare Walker Leslie

Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You by Clare Walker Leslie

The Art of Field Sketching by Clare Walker Leslie

A Naturalist's Sketchbook: Pages from the Seasons of a Year by Clare Walker Leslie

Nature All Year Long by Clare Walker Leslie
 

 

 
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