"And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the living creatures that He has scattered through them."

Started reading last night:
The Human Experiment: two years and twenty minutes inside Biosphere 2 by Jane Poynter, © 2006
and
Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason, © 2000, 2004

Finished:
Bake Sale Murder by Leslie Meier, © 2006 -- a decently interesting mystery

Started:
The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier, © 2007 -- I read a review in the NYTimes, so I'm looking forward to this.

Started: Three Roads to Quantum Gravity; by Lee Smolin; [SCIence]

G and I are planning to attend " Colloquium 2006: Revolution in Cosmology" in October, so I am starting on the recommended reading. Wish me luck (fortunately, G has a Ph.D. in Astrophysical Sciences and is quite good at making explanations understandable to a person with a B.A. in ( Read more... )

Finished: River Out of Eden: a Darwinian View of Life; by Richard Dawkins; [SCIence]

The "river" is a metaphor for ... something ... something to do with the evolution of DNA. Too much time is wasted on the metaphor. If you must read Dawkins, read The Selfish Gene rather than River. For a better read, try The Beak of the Finch: A Story of ( Read more... )

Started: River Out of Eden: a Darwinian View of Life; by Richard Dawkins; [SCIence]

Find out more about Dawkins' thinking, starting here.