We humans share a fascination with the weather, and more often than not, with rain. I’m an eastern seaboard American; I’ve lived both in the northeast and in the Caribbean climate of South Florida. Each location has its own particular type of rain – and I love the rain in all its forms. I love rainy weather and I love listening to rain fall against windows and plopping into puddles. As a Cannonballer I love reading books near an open window on a rainy day […]
I’m Freaking Indifferent Towards Science
Read for CBR10 Bingo: Genre I don’t typically read. I feel like Ron Swanson in his famous commercial for Parks and Recreation… “Read ‘What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions.’ Or do not. I am not a beggar. (checks watch) Review over.” Ach, but I have 100 words left to go. Okay, here’s the deal. I’m not a science guy. I’m not anti-science. Though I am a Christian, I subscribe to the theory of evolution. Climate change keeps me awake at night. But I […]
Heredity and its Tangles
I actually finished this book a few weeks ago, but I have been slow to pick up on the review. I think the main problem I’ve had to deal with here has been breadth. I generally try to pick up a thread or a narrative to follow for a review, but this book is just so broad and all-encompassing that I’ve had some real trouble picking just one thing to focus on and write about. To write a book that so thoroughly goes through the […]
Cece Loves Science Experiments
Cece Loves Science is the first picture book in a new series. Cece is a clever girl who asks questions. She loves science and she cannot wait to find out the answer to the question, “Do dogs eat vegetables?” Cece and her best friend, Isaac, tackle this question for their school project. Using the steps of science (brainstorming, asking questions, experimenting, and more) the answer soon is clear. Or is it? Cece learns that sometimes your first answer is not the only one. Overall the […]
Dancing Among the Stars
Inspired by the life of Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to travel in space, Mae Among the Stars is a fictionalized story of her childhood. Focusing on the highlights as well as her mother and fathers support, along with her own determination to dance in the stars, Roda Ahmend and Stasia Burrington created a new gem to read. The afterwards gives more of a broader view of who Jemison was and the time frame of when these things were happening. Beautifully illustrated, they are […]
“The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”
So, this is a book of of words. And science. It is actually full of science words. And I understood most some of them! This is supposed to be a summary of astrophysics. A Sparknotes, if you will. A little taste to see if it’s to your liking, and if it is, you can pursue more on your own time. First we start out with a very tiny condensed ball of all of the stuff ever. Then it expands. Our man Neil […]
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