RealClearScience Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy
David J. ChalmersRealClearScienceDavid Chalmers is now rethinking the nature of reality. via @BBC_Future https://t.co/qRGcmu4d85 https://t.co/inqYhGah3H
Paperback, 2023
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lake Natron
Jesse RussellRealClearScience"From a boiling river in the Peruvian Amazon to the blood-red Lake Natron in Tanzania, bodies of water on Earth—and beyond—can be odd, disgusting, mysterious, frightening, deadly and even a little spooky.” via @smithsonian https://www.realclearscience.com/2021/10/30/the_science_behind_six_spooky_lakes_801330.html https://t.co/x4K9JjyTsG
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Flying V: The Alphabet Takes Flight
Jane StavemRealClearScience"One of the biggest aerospace companies in the world is co-developing the “Flying-V,” a radical-looking airplane that could make aviation less expensive and more climate-friendly.” via @freethinkmedia https://www.realclearscience.com/2022/04/04/radical_new_flying-v_plane_is_super_fuel-efficient_825191.html https://t.co/pj78N6hD0s
Hardcover, 2021
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
Avi LoebRealClearScienceInterstellar visitor Oumuamua Was Not a Hydrogen-Water Iceberg, says Avi Loeb. A new paper that claims it is is fatally flawed. https://t.co/ChTcNVeNvp
Hardcover, 2023
$28.99Member price:$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Temple University: 125 Years of Service to Philadelphia, the Nation, and the World
James HiltyRealClearScienceA retired history professor at Temple University is convinced that humans are being abducted by aliens by the tens of thousands each year. Here’s why he’s wrong. by @SteRoPo https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2021/12/08/a_college_professors_outlandish_claims_about_alien_abductions_805989.html https://t.co/Mn8XjhRFP0
Hardcover, 2010
$45.50Member price:$22.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Robot Ethics
Mark CoeckelberghRealClearScienceA Trolley Problem for Autonomous Vehicles: "In Robot Ethics, Mark Coeckelbergh posits a trolley problem for 2022: Should the car continue its course and kill five pedestrians, or divert its course and kill one?" via @Gizmodo https://t.co/25VDOUFVAj https://t.co/sNOeswPI7w
Paperback, 2022
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Curious: If True - Strange Tales
Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellRealClearScience"In so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) we have an amazing number of ‘discoveries’ which – IF TRUE – should have changed the world.” They haven’t. by @EdzardErnst https://www.realclearscience.com/2022/01/08/10_scam_discoveries_that_did_not_change_the_world_811110.html https://t.co/Im6kb1pPOf
Paperback, 2017
$14.89Member price:$7.45 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Scam: So-Called Alternative Medicine
Edzard ErnstRealClearScience"In so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) we have an amazing number of ‘discoveries’ which – IF TRUE – should have changed the world.” They haven’t. by @EdzardErnst https://www.realclearscience.com/2022/01/08/10_scam_discoveries_that_did_not_change_the_world_811110.html https://t.co/Im6kb1pPOf
Paperback, 2018
$29.90Member price:$26.91 + Free shipping10% off
Relativity
Albert EinsteinRealClearScienceHow the heck didn't Albert Einstein win a Nobel Price for general relativity? Here's the dramatic story. via @AdvSciNews https://t.co/XjZq32VwOL https://t.co/WWkYeW8lQ2
Paperback, 2001
$23.99Member price:$22.79 + Free shipping5% off
Screening Donated Blood for Transfusion-Transmissible Infections: Recommendations
World Health OrganizationRealClearScienceSingle people are 70% more likely than married people to meet the World Health Organization's (WHO) physical activity recommendations, according to a survey of 4,460 people living in Poland. by @SteRoPo https://t.co/87W9lJuXvI https://t.co/PiES2aP5ol
Paperback, 2010
$36.00Member price:$34.20 + Free shipping5% off