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Jonathan Blake is currently reading:

Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos

by Eric Chaisson

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Oct 22, 2011 08:48pm

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Jonathan Blake made a comment in the group Science and Inquiry — What science book is your most recent read? What do you think about it? topic "Just finished Caveman Chemistry and thoroughly enjoyed it though I suspect its idiosyncrasy means that it's not for everyone. My review."
Feb 05, 2012 02:54pm
Jonathan Blake gave to: Caveman Chemistry: 28 Projects, from the Creation of Fire to the Production of Plastics by Kevin M. Dunn read in February, 2012	My rating:
Idiosyncratic and irreverent, Caveman Chemistry is like no other chemistry textbook that I know of. What textbook that you've read quotes regularly from the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trimegistus? It is authored not only by Kevin Dunn but also four fig...more
Feb 05, 2012 12:57pm · see review
Jonathan Blake gave to: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond read in October, 2011	My rating:
Growing up in America at the end of the Cold War, I should be forgiven for getting the impression that only an act of nuclear-powered global self-immolation stood between us and a glorious future of eternal progress, that only two possibilities exist...more
Nov 16, 2011 01:48pm · see review
Jonathan Blake gave to: Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis read in November, 2011	My rating:
In Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis has created an entertaining, thought provoking reinterpretation of the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche. The myth, in his hands, becomes a Christian parable and an apologia for a transcendent god who remains unseen and...more
Nov 15, 2011 01:00pm · see review
Jonathan Blake made a comment in the group Science and Inquiry — Science Fun topic "Or the Boltzman's entropy equation which is carved on his gravestone: S = k ln W. Especially ironic as my skin begins to sag. :)"
Nov 07, 2011 08:46am
Jonathan Blake is currently reading: Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos by Eric Chaisson	My rating:
Oct 22, 2011 08:48pm
Jonathan Blake gave to: Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson	My rating:
Oct 22, 2011 08:47pm
Jonathan Blake made a comment in the group Science and Inquiry — September, 2011: The Blind Watchmaker topic "I haven't read the Blind Watchmaker, but blunt, confrontational arguments by Dawkins et al. changed my perspective radically. Until a few years ago, I ...more"
Sep 30, 2011 10:16am
Jonathan Blake joined the Covenant of UU Pagans Book Club group.
Sep 16, 2011 10:55am · see group
Jonathan Blake marked as to-read: The Joy of Secularism: 11 Essays for How We Live Now by George Lewis Levine	My rating:
Sep 09, 2011 02:15pm

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This Group expolores scientific topics. We have an active monthly book club, as well as discussions on a variety of topics including Science in the Ne...more

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For those attempting the crazy feat of reading all 1001 books!

For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic lite...more

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The Druid Tradition is ancient, and represents one of the wellsprings of inspiration of the Western Spiritual Tradition. But even though it is ancient...more

Covenant of UU Pagans Book Club — 26 members — last activity Nov 18, 2011 02:22am
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The CUUPS Book Club serves to promote networking between Pagan identified Unitarian Universalists and to encourage self study on the t...more

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