Book Reviews

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No Line on the Horizon, by U2

What boots?

A New Kind of Science, by Stephen Wolfram

Brilliant new foundational work in science, or the result of a man who disappeared up his own ass? You decide

Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics, by Tom Rogers

It's almost too easy, picking apart the flaws in physics of modern action movies.

Quantum Evolution, by Johnjoe McFadden

Quantum physics explains evolution?  Of course!


Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan

I am not going to make a "billions and billions" joke

The JASONS, by Ann Finkbeiner 

We've all heard of the role of physicists in the WWII war effort, out at Los Alamos.  This book describes what happened to that physics / military collaboration after the war ended.  

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter

I love this book, despite the fact that I'm still not quite sure how to pronounce "Godel"

The End of Science, by Paul Horgan

Of all the well-respected, serious, highbrow popular science books out there, this is by far the best bathroom reading

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, by Peter Hoffman

You know that math-major friend of yours who was a little awkward in social situations? That ain't nothin compared to this...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Bad:

St. Ides

Budweiser & Clamato

Mickey's

Schlitz Malt Liquor

Steel Reserve

King Cobra

Country Club Malt Liquor

Old Milwaukee

Bud Ice

Okocim's Mocne

The Strange:

SkullSplitter

Samischlaus

Peroni's

Monty Python's Holy Ale

Old Rasputin

Simpler Times Beer

Young's Double Chocolate Stout