A Moment on the Earth, by Gregg Easterbrook by Jeffrey Marsh Beginning with the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring almost 35 years ago, a parade of books on the environment…
The Green Crusade, by Charles T. Rubin by Jeffrey Marsh Charles T. Rubin grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, where in the early 1960's chimneys belched black smoke into the air,…
The Astonishing Hypothesis, by Francis Crick by Jeffrey Marsh Some 40 years ago, in a Nobel Prize-winning feat, Francis Crick and James Watson unraveled the structure of DNA, showing…
Physics vs. Metaphysics by Jeffrey Marsh The pursuit of scientific research over the past century, not least by physicists, has given us unprecedented knowledge of the…
In Our Own Image, by Maureen Caudill; Artificial Life, by Steven Levy by Jeffrey Marsh Why can't a machine be more like a man?
The Mind of God, by Paul Davies by Jeffrey Marsh The self-imposed task of modern science was first formally described in the early 1600's, when Francis Bacon suggested that a…
The Emperor’s New Mind, by Roger Penrose by Jeffrey Marsh For the past two years, Stephen Hawking's A Short History of Time has been ensconced on the best-seller list, a…
Journey to the Stars, by Robert Jastrow by Jeffrey Marsh A good deal of intellectual energy has been expended lately in the debate over whether history is coming to an…
A Brief History of Time, by Stephen W. Hawking by Jeffrey Marsh The title of Stephen Hawking's new book is unduly modest. A Brief History of Time is indeed brief, but it…
Rabi: Scientist and Citizen, by John S. Rigden by Jeffrey Marsh I.I. Rabi is the grand old man of American science. Born in 1898, he is a survivor of a generation…
The 2025 Report, by Norman Macrae by Jeffrey Marsh Regular readers of the London Economist have long been familiar with the independent thinking and biting wit of Norman Macrae,…
Turing’s Man, by J. David Bolter; The Second Self, by Sherry Turkle by Jeffrey Marsh Despite the apocalyptic expectations aroused by the ever more awesome data-handling capabilities of electronic computers since the first ponderous models…
