Science
Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future – Book Review
“Green energy,” “climate change,” “environment,” “sustainability” are some of the very prominent buzzwords that that pup up with some frequency […]
Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Physics – Book Review
For generations, physics textbooks written by David Griffiths have been considered the gold standard of undergraduate physics curriculum. Granted, they […]
Magnetism: A Very Short Introduction – Book Review
Magnetism is electricity’s less appreciated twin. In our daily lives we only think of magnetism in the context of fridge […]
Mathematical Foundations of Imaging, Tomography and Wavefield Inversion – Book Review
Inverse problems are a very important area of Physics, other sciences, and applied mathematics. They can be very difficult to […]
Radioactivity: A Very Short Introduction – Book Review
There are very few concepts and discoveries in modern science that are as universally frightening than radioactivity. An invisible force […]
Quantum Dots: Optics, Electron Transport and Future Applications – Book Review
In three decades since their discovery, quantum dots have emerged as a rich and interesting field of experimental and theoretical […]
Stars: A Very Short Introduction – Book Review
Stars are some of the most fascinating objects in the universe. They have exercised an oversize grip on our imagination […]
The Man Who Lied to His Laptop: What Machines Teach Us About Human Relationships – Book Review
It’s been said so many times that it’s by now become a staid cliché: humans are social animals. We are […]
Interesting Chemistry Stuff
About half a year ago I’ve read and reviewed an interesting little book called Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction. Like […]
Einstein Explaining the Higgs Boson
If you haven’t heard of the Higgs Boson by now, you must have been sleeping under a rock, or are […]