Posted Tue, 09/25/2012 - 6:29pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
September 2012
Alistere McGrath is Professor of Theology, Ministry, and Education and Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion, and Culture at King’s College in London. A well-known theologian and Christian communicator, he is author of numerous influential books. This was a gift book. Read more
Posted Tue, 09/04/2012 - 11:00am by fred
Date Fred Read:
August 2012
David E. Comings. M.D., is a physician, neuroscientist, and a behavioral and molecular geneticist. He was a past editor of the American Journal of Human Genetics and a past president of the American Society of Human Genetics. Read more
Posted Thu, 05/17/2012 - 10:12am by fred
Publisher:
Harper SanFrancisco
Larry Witham tells the story of Scotland’s famous Gifford Lectures. As a journalist, he won the Religion Communicators Council’s Wilber Award three times, several prizes from the Religion Newswriters Association, and a Templeton Foundation award for his articles on science and religion. This was a gift book. Read more
Posted Thu, 05/10/2012 - 6:07pm by fred
Publisher:
Broadway Books
Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama (the fourteenth Dalai Lama) is both the temporal and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He received the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent attempts to have Tibet returned to the Tibetan people. This book was a national bestseller. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.) Read more
Posted Thu, 04/05/2012 - 4:06pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
April 2012
Publisher:
U. of Calif. Press
Adam Frank is professor of physics at the University of Rochester and a regular contributor to Discover and Astronomy magazines. He has also written for Scientific American and other publications. He was a Hubble Fellow and recipient of an American Astronomical Society Prize for his scientific writing. Read more
Posted Tue, 02/14/2012 - 4:37pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
February 2012
Amit Goswami is professor of physics at the Institute of Theoretical Sciences, University of Oregon. Author of many scientific papers and two physics texts, he is also co-author with his wife, Maggie Goswami, of The Cosmic Dancers. Richard E. Reed is an author and literary agent. Read more
Posted Sun, 01/08/2012 - 4:55pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
January 2012
Varadaraja V. Raman is an emeritus professor of physics and humanities at Rochester Institute of Technology. He attended the University of Calcutta before completing his doctoral work on the foundations of quantum mechanics at the University of Paris under Louis de Broglie. This book was a gift signed by the author, V.V. Raman. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.) Read more
Posted Fri, 12/02/2011 - 1:05pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
November 2011
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
The editors, Paul Davies and Niels Henrik Gregersen are among the fifteen authors of this collection. Many scientists regard mass and energy as the primary currency of nature. In recent years, however, the concept of information has gained importance. Read more
Posted Fri, 08/19/2011 - 5:27pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
August 2011
Keith Ward had been Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford. He is a member of the Council of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and is a Fellow of the British Academy. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.) This book was given me by the same friend who gave me The God Delusion. Read more
Posted Fri, 08/19/2011 - 5:19pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
August 2011
Richards Dawkins is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford. He is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Unweaving the Rainbow and The Ancestor’s Tale. This was a gift book from a good friend. Read more
