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More From Less
More From LessBy Andrew McAfeeScribner, New York, 2019 More From Less is a book about dematerialization Demawhat? No, it’s not some sort of Star Trek transporter technology. Dematerialization is the phenomenon of producing the same goods from less material and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Energy, Environment, Science and technology
Tagged andrew mcafee, book reviews, books, capitalism, climate change, dematerialization, more from less, non-fiction
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Growth
Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities By Vaclav Smil The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2019 People used to think growth was a good thing. Politicians, economists and business leaders brag about healthy or robust growth in jobs, GDP, and profits. But … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Energy, Environment, History, Science and technology
Tagged biosphere, book reviews, books, climate change, Energy, growth, population, sustainability, vaclav smil
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Infinite Powers
Infinite PowersBy Steven StrogatzHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, 2019 Okay, I admit it, even for me this is a geeky book. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe is about the history of calculus and its impact on … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, book reviews, books, calculus, infinite powers, mathematics, non-fiction, steven strogatz
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Super blood wolf moon lunar eclipse
Tonight’s rare “super blood wolf moon” lunar eclipse coincided with an equally rare clear January night in Seattle. My little point-and-shoot digital camera didn’t do it proper justice, but it gives you an idea of what we saw. Eclipses are … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, eclipse, lunar eclipse, moon, science
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Book Review: Reinventing the Sacred
Reinventing the Sacred By Stuart A. Kauffman Basic Books, New York, 2008 I really admire the scope and boldness of Stuart Kauffman’s 2008 book Reinventing the Sacred. Prof. Kauffman is a biologist and complexity theorist. He sets out not merely … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, creativity, emergence, nonfiction, religion, stuart kauffman
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