Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Tag: science
What I’m Reading: The Night Country
The Night Country, by the late Penn anthropologist Loren Eiseley, is a collection of fourteen essays united by the themes of nightime, darkness, or dreams. Some of the essays are memoir-ish, recollecting Eiseley’s strange and lonely childhood with a deaf mother and mostly absent… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Night Country”
What I’m Reading: The World Without Us
I remember being interested in reading The World Without Us when it came in 2007, but never got around to reading it. I’m now in a book club at work and was happy to find out that the book, by Alan Weisman, was the… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The World Without Us”
What I’m Reading: The Workshop and the World
The Workshop and the World, by Robert P. Crease, is two books in one: a collection of biographies of important thinkers in history who contributed to what he terms the “scientific workshop,” by which he means the overall structure and authority of the scientific… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Workshop and the World”
What I’m Reading: Ancient Brews
Ancient Brews, by Penn biomolecular archeologist Patrick McGovern, explores the alcoholic beverages our distant ancestors enjoyed and how we know that. Dr. McGovern first explains how he uses various molecular sampling techniques to determine the ingredients found in the residue of an ancient cup,… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Ancient Brews”
What I’m Reading: The Elephant’s Secret Sense
The Elephant’s Secret Sense, by Caitlin O’Connell, is a non-fiction book about the author as she visits Namibia several times over the course of 15 years to study elephants. On some trips she’s working with the Namibian government to find ways to reduce elephant… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Elephant’s Secret Sense”
