2/25/2010

The Poetry of Reality

TOPIC: science, science education, science popularization


Science is the poetry of reality.
— Richard Dawkins.



SOME RECENT (and not-so-recent) RELATED REFERENCES & LINKS

Bronowski, J. (1978). The common sense of science. Harvard University Press, ISBN 0674146514. Amazon.com link: http://www.amazon.com/Common-Sense-Science-Harvard-Paperbacks/dp/0674146514/

Dawkins, R. (2009). The greatest show on earth: the evidence for evolution. Free Press, ISBN 1416594787. Amazon.com link: http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution/dp/1416594787/

Dawkins, R. (2008). The god delusion. Mariner Books (paperback), ISBN 0618918248. Amazon.com link: http://www.amazon.com/God-Delusion-Richard-Dawkins/dp/0618918248/

Feynman, R. P. (2005). The pleasure of finding things out: the best short works of Richard P. Feynman. Basic Books (paperback), ISBN 0465023959. Amazon.com link: http://www.amazon.com/Pleasure-Finding-Things-Out-Richard/dp/0465023959/

Greene, B. (2005). The fabric of the cosmos: space, time, and the texture of reality. Vintage (paperback), ISBN 0375727205. Amazon.com link: http://www.amazon.com/Fabric-Cosmos-Space-Texture-Reality/dp/0375727205/

Hawking, S. (2007). The theory of everything: the origin and fate of the universe. Phoenix Books, ISBN 1597775541. Amazon.com link: http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Everything-Origin-Fate-Universe/dp/1597775541/

Krauss, L. (2007). Fear of physics: a guide for the perplexed. Basic Books, ISBN 0465002188. Amazon.com link: http://www.amazon.com/Fear-Physics-Lawrence-M-Krauss/dp/0465002188/

Myers, P. Z. Blogging at http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/

Porco, C. Profile on TED.com available at http://www.ted.com/speakers/carolyn_porco.html

Sagan, C. & Druyan, A. (1997). The demon-haunted world: science as a candle in the dark. Ballantine Books, ISBN 0345409469. Amazon.com link: http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-World-Science-Candle-Dark/dp/0345409469/

Shermer, M. (2009). The mind of the market: how biology and psychology shape our economic lives. Holt Paperbacks, ISBN 0805089160. Amazon.com link: http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Market-Biology-Psychology-Economic/dp/0805089160/ Symphony of Science at http://symphonyofscience.com/

Tarter, J. (2009). Are we alone? TED talk available at http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_tarter_s_call_to_join_the_seti_search.html

Tyson, N. D. (2005). Origins: fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution. W. W. Norton, ISBN 0393327582. Amazon.com link: http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Fourteen-Billion-Cosmic-Evolution/dp/0393327582/