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“This Book Doesn’t Work” - An honest review of the Bible
A UK Amazon.com user gives the Bible a fairly tough review.
This book doesn’t work. I’ve tried the “praying” method to get a new Porsche 996 delivered but to no avail. There’s nothing in the instructions about not wanting German sports cars but I tried praying for less ambitious things. I gave up when it didn’t even get me a Big Mac. In the early part there’s a bit about people crossing the desert and being sustained by manna from heaven, so you’d think that it would be able to manage at least a hamburger.
I’m disappointed and will contact the publisher. In the meantime I can’t recommend this book as it is clearly faulty.
Via: Reddit:Atheism
Genesis Is Coming!
Quite literally. Earlier today, Thoughts From Kansas pointed out The National Academies Press is holding a massive book sale and suggested getting Robert Hazen’s “Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life’s Origins” for super cheap. So that’s just what I did.
I was extremely impressed with both of Hazen’s Teaching Company series, “Joy of Science” and “Origins of Life” so I’m sure this book with be both easy to understand and extremely informative at the same time. One thing I love about Hazen is his strong advocacy for a reformed, more integrated approach to science education, exemplified in his co-authoring of the highly acclaimed textbook “The Sciences: An Integrated Approach” with James Trefil that fully integrates physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth sciences, and biology for students with little or no science background.
I highly recommend both of Hazen’s Teaching Company series and I’m quite sure that in a few weeks time, I’ll be able to recommend this book as well.
Religion Vs. Science In My Local Bookstore
Recently the Pharyngula blog posted about a small prank involving moving all the books from the single religion bookshelf in their local bookstore to other areas in the store. In the comments, many of the southern readers couldn’t believe there was only one bookshelf in the store dedicated to religion. So I decided to snap some photos of what my local Hastings store (the only local store that could be called a bookstore) looks like. Here in Tullahoma, Tennessee, we obviously have a greater demand for Christian and Christian study books than science. I apologize in advance for the crummy photography. The staff started looking at me strangely.
Book Autopsies
Artist Brian Dettmer has really gone all out with this insanely creative concept. Here are some more pictures.
New Book: Asimov’s Guide to Science
Just got Isaac Asimov’s Guide to Science in the mail and I’m really looking forward to reading it cover to cover. I checked this out from my local library a while back and was stunned by the sheer amount of information contained within it’s stout 945 pages. The copy I got is in excellent condition so I’m really jazzed. This is probably going to become one of the best overall reference books on my shelf.
The book goes in-depth into most major areas of both the physical and biological sciences including a whole section on mathematics within the context of science.
