{"id":18523,"date":"2009-02-06T14:59:03","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T20:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fredbortz.peachpuff-wolverine-566518.hostingersite.com\/18523\/latest-additions-to-the-science-shelf-book-review-archive\/"},"modified":"2011-07-12T22:38:21","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T22:38:21","slug":"latest-additions-to-the-science-shelf-book-review-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/fredbortz\/18523\/latest-additions-to-the-science-shelf-book-review-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Additions to the Science Shelf book review archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE SCIENCE SHELF NEWSLETTER<\/p>\n<h3>News about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceshelf.com\">Science Shelf archive<\/a> of book reviews, columns, and comments by Fred Bortz<\/p>\n<p>Issue #29, Back from Hiatus edition, February 2009<\/h3>\n<p>NOTE: Links that follow take you to the review of the book in question. Each review has a link to buy at Amazon.com if you are interested.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Science Readers,<\/p>\n<p>I wrote in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceshelf.com\/news28.htm\">the previous Science Shelf newsletter<\/a> that I was putting this newsletter on hiatus. I have finally reached a quieter time. I can once again go beyond reviewing books and adding them to the Science Shelf website. This long overdue newsletter is the result.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Birthday Charlie D.!<\/p>\n<p>With Darwin&#8217;s bicentennial birthday this month, I have seen a number of books about evolution, and I was able to persuade my newspaper clients to let me review <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceshelf.com\/WhyEvolutionisTrue.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0670020532.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Why Evolution is True\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" \/>Why Evolution is True<\/a> by Jerry A. Coyne. That review prompted two e-mails by readers of the Dallas Morning News, one telling me that I should review a book by Dembski on Intelligent Design, and the other telling me how brave I was for giving Coyne high marks in Big D., especially since Texas was revisiting the issue of how to describe evolution in the state curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>To the first, I responded that with limited space on newspaper book review pages, I generally review books that I can recommend to some readers, even if I didn&#8217;t particularly like them myself. Coyne&#8217;s book makes a strong case for evolution, while the recently reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceshelf.com\/OnlyaTheory.htm\">Only a Theory by Kenneth Miller<\/a>, an observant Catholic, did an even better job demolishing Intelligent Design. Sorry, Dembski! Find a different reviewer.<\/p>\n<p>To the second, Ronald Martin Wade, I replied that I was not as brave as he thought, since I live in the Pittsburgh area, not Texas. Then my hometown Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picked up the review and headlined it, &#8220;Breaking News! Darwin was Right.&#8221; No one picketed my house or sent a nasty e-mail, so I can&#8217;t claim any bravery here, either.<\/p>\n<p>More about Mr. Wade below.<\/p>\n<p>The Great Pluto-versy<\/p>\n<p>Until I read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceshelf.com\/PlutoFiles.htm\">Neil deGrasse Tyson&#8217;s <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0393065200.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" \/>The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America&#8217;s Favorite Planet<\/a>, I had never thought about the peculiar American passion for Pluto&#8217;s status as a planet. Apparently, the rest of the world is more comfortable with its &#8220;demotion&#8221; to the rank of &#8220;dwarf planet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To Tyson, Pluto will always reign as &#8220;the undisputed King of the Kuiper Belt.&#8221; And his book is rich in humor and story, not to mention wonderful scientific insights, about a distant icy world that remains as interesting scientifically as ever.<\/p>\n<p>To Your Health!<\/p>\n<p>During the hiatus, I also reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceshelf.com\/Anticancer.htm\">a pair of books that I would classify as potentially life-saving<\/a>. The link takes you to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceshelf.com\/Anticancer.htm\">a comparative review of <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0670020346.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" \/>Anticancer: A New Way of Life by David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D., and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0393066614.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" \/>Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts About Alternative Medicine by Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst, M.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The comparative review focuses more on psychiatrist and brain-cancer survivor Servan-Schreiber and his remarkable approach to his own disease than on the Singh and Ernst book. So I also posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceshelf.com\/TrickorTreatment.htm\">a full-length review of the latter<\/a>. If you don&#8217;t know the difference between complementary medicine (Ernst&#8217;s field) and alternative medicine, I highly recommend Trick or Treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Meet Max<\/p>\n<p>My correspondence with Ron Wade was entertaining. Despite our different backgrounds, we share an appreciation for irreverent humor and a good intellectual tussle. Without expecting anything in return, he sent me a copy of his self-published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/MAX-PARALLAX-Things-Should-Know\/dp\/1601455771\/?tag=drfredsplac\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1601455771.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" \/>The  Max Parallax: Things You Should Know<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve only had a chance to scan the book, but I know that it is a collection of entertaining rants by Ron&#8217;s alter-ego, Max Gross. At least I think Max is Ron&#8217;s alter-ego. Ron remains coy about that, perhaps fearing that I suspect he may have a split personality.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, you will probably enjoy agreeing and disagreeing with Max at the same time.  I think that&#8217;s the point of the book, which Ron describes as follows on Amazon.com:<br \/>\nAn atheist-libertarian and a lukewarm Christian Republican with common backgrounds in security and intelligence work argue their personal views of the human condition; an irreverent and hilarious glimpse of religion, politics, morality and government, an unexpected parallax view.<\/p>\n<p>I rarely recommend a self-published book, but this one earns an exception.  I&#8217;m sure both Ron and Max will be surprised to read this, since it was truly offered as a gift to a kindred spirit. But I always tell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredbortz.com\/booksby.htm\">my young readers<\/a> to follow their questions, and that&#8217;s exactly what Ron uses Max to do.<\/p>\n<p>My Usual Thanks<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to the growing number of people who are kind enough to buy some of the books that they discovered here through the Science Shelf links. They&#8217;ve even used the link on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceshelf.com\">Science Shelf homepage<\/a> to enter and buy books and other Amazon.com products including, most recently, a bread-making machine and cook book.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll never know who those buyers are unless they tell me, thanks to Amazon&#8217;s very sensible privacy policies. I just find out what they have bought, how much they paid, and how much my commission amounts to.<\/p>\n<p>At the current pace, monthly commisions cover the cost of the web address, webhosting, and enough to buy me a two-topping large pizza (no anchovies, please). I&#8217;ll never expect commissions to cover the time I spend maintaining the archive of book reviews and sending out messages like this. That&#8217;s a labor of book- and science-love, and your feedback (in terms of increasing numbers of clicks) tells me you appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>As always, happy science reading, and thanks in advance for your support!<\/p>\n<p>Fred Bortz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE SCIENCE SHELF NEWSLETTER<\/p>\n<h3>News about the <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.scienceshelf.com\">Science Shelf archive<\/a> of book reviews, columns, and comments by Fred Bortz<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issue #29, Back from Hiatus edition, February 2009<\/strong><strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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