Leni Zumas's writing crackles. Her books are sharp, bleak, funny, and possibly dangerous. When her collection of short stories, Farewell Navigator,...
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This is a nice book for explaining, in simple terms, the various applications of quantum physics to the devices we are now using in everyday life. It is pretty much math-free, but not entirely. Plenty of humor sprinkled in, too. The book also shows the success/failure of predictions from the pulps/comics of decades ago.
This is the lastest book by this author that I have, but I'm continually searching to see if he has issued any more. The last disaster in this book was of his own making. Collect them all!
This is the first one of John Bellamy's books that I bought, and I bought all the others after reading it. All of them are interesting to read, even if you aren't from Ohio.
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The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science That Made Our World by James Kakalios
Thomas Kirby, November 9, 2011
This is a nice book for explaining, in simple terms, the various applications of quantum physics to the devices we are now using in everyday life. It is pretty much math-free, but not entirely. Plenty of humor sprinkled in, too. The book also shows the success/failure of predictions from the pulps/comics of decades ago.Last Days of Cleveland: My First Disaster and Other Tales of Cleveland Woe by John Stark, II Bellamy
Thomas Kirby, May 25, 2011
This is the lastest book by this author that I have, but I'm continually searching to see if he has issued any more. The last disaster in this book was of his own making. Collect them all!They Died Crawling: And Other Tales of Cleveland Woe; True Stories of the Foulest Crimes and Worst Disasters in Cleveland History by John S Bellamy
Thomas Kirby, May 25, 2011
This is the first one of John Bellamy's books that I bought, and I bought all the others after reading it. All of them are interesting to read, even if you aren't from Ohio.The Maniac in the Bushes: More True Tales of Cleveland Crime and Disaster (Ohio) by John Stark Bellamy
Thomas Kirby, May 25, 2011
More true crime and tragedy from Ohio. Look up the author and buy them all, even if you aren't from Ohio, since they are all interesting.The Killer in the Attic: and More Tales of Crime and Disaster From Cleveland's Past (Ohio) by John Stark, II Bellamy
Thomas Kirby, May 25, 2011
Another good book of Ohio's macabre past. All of them are recommended reading for true crime and disaster buffs.1-5 of 98next