false 555558 male The United States 10/2007 06/2009 5 19 18 true 5775799 read 0 true 1069531 currently-reading 1 true 1069530 to-read Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel (Paperback) by Jonathan Safran Foer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22064814 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173203206s/256566.jpg 555558 Ryan Marquardt http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/555558-ryan-marquardt Mon, 12 May 2008 07:04:35 -0700 The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback) by Brian Greene]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10291314 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41R7CHWGQZL._SL75_.jpg 555558 Ryan Marquardt http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/555558-ryan-marquardt Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:07:37 -0800 more...]]> Coming of Age in the Milky Way (Paperback) by Timothy Ferris]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10290137 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173031057s/239796.jpg 555558 Ryan Marquardt http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/555558-ryan-marquardt Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:46:21 -0800
I appreciate this book more in retrospect as an example of really excellent science writting. Ferris is equally good at crafting interesting narratives about the discovery process and th...more...]]> Bicycle: The History (Paperback) by David V. Herlihy]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9433062 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181143871s/1117765.jpg 555558 Ryan Marquardt http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/555558-ryan-marquardt Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:37:53 -0800
The illus...more...]]> Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Paperback) by Michael Lewis]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9433092 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158120691s/1301.jpg 555558 Ryan Marquardt http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/555558-ryan-marquardt Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:17:10 -0800 more...]]> Science and Sensibility: The Elegant Logic of the Universe (Hardcover) by Keith J. Laidler]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9124994 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157259085s/772.jpg 555558 Ryan Marquardt http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/555558-ryan-marquardt Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:11:38 -0800
The first part of the book isn't bad. It's a ~100 page recap of how we know what we know about physics, biology, astronomy and geology. It's what I imagine Bill Br...more...]]> Gorgon: The Monsters That Ruled the Planet Before Dinosaurs and How They Died in the Greatest Catastrophe in Earth's History (Paperback) by Peter Ward]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9035702 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176492181s/630160.jpg 555558 Ryan Marquardt http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/555558-ryan-marquardt Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:01:13 -0800 ...more...]]>