Tag: science

Computing with Quantum Cats – Strange and exciting times are ahead – #science #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Computing with Quantum Cats From Colossus to Qubits John Gribbin (Prometheus Books – hardcover, Kindle) John Gribbin’s new book, Computing with Quantum Cats, is an entertaining, informative and definitely eye-opening look at quantum computing’s recent progress, as well as its exciting near-future possibilities. The “conventional” (a.k.a. “classical”) computers currently on our desktops, in our briefcases, … Continue reading Computing with Quantum Cats – Strange and exciting times are ahead – #science #bookreview

Make: Volume 32 – Zany and practical projects and articles for DIY builders – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Make: Volume 32 (O’Reilly, paperback) Make: is a science, technology, and do-it-yourself (DIY) projects magazine published quarterly in paperback book format. Volume 32 not only has intriguing articles about private rocketeers, flying motorcycles, and human-size replicas of videogame costumes and weapons. It also has about two dozen “complete plans” for a wide array of useful and … Continue reading Make: Volume 32 – Zany and practical projects and articles for DIY builders – #bookreview

What Makes You Tick? – Do we exist only inside our brains, or does the mind have a longer reach? – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

What Makes You Tick? A New Paradigm for Neuroscience Gerard Verschuuren (Solas Press, paperback) What is the connection between the mind and the brain? Does the mind exist independent of the brain? And does the human mind communicate with something—or someone–beyond its “biological substrata and physics”? Gerard Verschuuren tackles these and other mystery-laden questions in … Continue reading What Makes You Tick? – Do we exist only inside our brains, or does the mind have a longer reach? – #bookreview

Surviving Orbit the DIY Way – You, too, can launch a satellite – #diy #science #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Surviving Orbit the DIY Way Sandy Antunes (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) Okay, it’s not exactly Star Trek. For less than the price of a reasonably good used car, you now can build your own picosatellite from a kit, get it launched into low Earth orbit by commercial rocket, and receive data from space. Surviving Orbit … Continue reading Surviving Orbit the DIY Way – You, too, can launch a satellite – #diy #science #bookreview

Illustrated Guide to Home Forensic Science Experiments – Real CSI basics – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Illustrated Guide to Home Forensic Science Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture Robert Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) Movies, TV shows and detective novels have elevated forensic science to a cultural fascination. And in real life, a clue uncovered with a microscope or a chemical test frequently is the one that … Continue reading Illustrated Guide to Home Forensic Science Experiments – Real CSI basics – #bookreview

Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments – Serious science for homeschoolers and biology hobbyists – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture Robert Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson (Make:Books/O’Reilly Media, paperback, list price $34.99; Kindle edition, list price $27.99) This is serious science in the form of a 359-page workbook devoted to 30+ lab experiments that can be performed at home, with the right equipment and materials. … Continue reading Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments – Serious science for homeschoolers and biology hobbyists – #bookreview

Make: Electronics -Learning by doing & messing things up – A fun how-to book #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Make: Electronics By Charles Platt (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $34.99; Kindle edition, list price $27.99) Okay, big confession time. I learned electronics back in the day when vacuum tubes were still state of the art, and ham radio hobbyists happily tinkered with World War II surplus aircraft radios, tank transmitters and telegraph keys that had thigh clamps so radio operators … Continue reading Make: Electronics -Learning by doing & messing things up – A fun how-to book #bookreview

Can ‘edumanga’ save us from our educational malaise? The Manga Guide to Biochemistry – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

The Manga Guide to Biochemistry By Masaharu Takemura and Office Sawa, with illustrations by Kikuyaro (No Starch Press, paperback, list price $24.95) Biology and chemistry were never my top subjects, and my chances of becoming a biochemist are less than zero now, in this universe. But even an old dog like me can learn a few biochemistry tricks with … Continue reading Can ‘edumanga’ save us from our educational malaise? The Manga Guide to Biochemistry – #bookreview