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. Chalmers
David Chalmers is now rethinking the nature of reality. via @BBC_Future https://t.co/qRGcmu4d85 https://t.co/inqYhGah3H
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lake Natron
Jesse Russell
"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 Stavem
"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
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
Avi Loeb
Interstellar 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
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Temple University: 125 Years of Service to Philadelphia, the Nation, and the World
James Hilty
A 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
$45.50$22.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Robot Ethics
Mark Coeckelbergh
A 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
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Curious: If True - Strange Tales
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
"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
$14.89$7.45 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Scam: So-Called Alternative Medicine
Edzard Ernst
"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
$29.90$14.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Relativity
Albert Einstein
How 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
$23.99$11.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Screening Donated Blood for Transfusion-Transmissible Infections: Recommendations
World Health Organization
Single 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
$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book