Book Reviews August 2010

Future Proof Nick Sagan ,Mark Frary and Andy Walker Icon books, 2007 ISBN: 9781848310049 We live in a world full of gadgets, but we don't seem to have reached the futuristic world imagined by so many. In Future Proof: The Greatest Gadgets and Gizmos Ever Imagined Nick Sagan ,Mark Frary and Andy Walker look at the gadgets we have and some of those that didn't quite make it. Continued..

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The Black Hole War Leonard Susskind Little, Brown, 2008 ISBN: 9780316016414 In The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics Leonard Susskind explains his arguments why information is never lost even if it falls into a black hole, and how he persuaded the rest of the physics community to agree with him. Continued..

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We Need to Talk about Kelvin Marcus Chown Faber & Faber, 2009 ISBN: 9780571244010 In We Need to Talk about Kelvin: What everyday things tell us about the universe Marcus Chown links some of the important discoveries of modern science to things which are directly observable in the world around us. Continued..

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A User's Guide to the Brain John Ratey Abacus, 2001 ISBN: 9780349112961 Since the brain is the seat of thought, it's easy to believe that we know what's going on in there. Reading A User's Guide to the Brain by John Ratey, however, shows that there's more to thinking than you may think. Continued..

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Storms of my Grandchildren James Hansen Bloomsbury, 2009 ISBN: 9781408807453 James Hansen has been warning us about Global Warming since the 1980's. InStorms of my Grandchildren:The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity he argues why we need to do much more than at present to avoid disaster. Continued..

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In Search of the Multiverse John Gribbin Penguin, 2009 ISBN: 9781846141133 You've probably heard of the idea that we live in one of many parallel universe. John Gribbin's recent book In search of the Multiverse takes a look at some of the science behind this idea, and where it may lead us. Continued..

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