false 9 17 17 true 5740433 read 0 true 1460172 currently-reading 0 true 1460171 to-read 6 false 1460177 technical 1 false 1519111 art http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48273942 to: Transformer and Inductor Design Handbook, Third Edition (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS) by Colonel Wm. T. McLyman
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The typesetting is an abomination and some people have strong feelings about CGS units, but there's not much else to complain about. If there could be only one book on inductor and transformer design, this is it. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47453121 to: The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (Hardcover) by Steven Johnson
A great account of London's 1854 cholera outbreak and how a lone doctor solved "the most pressing medical riddle of [the] time." It is fascinating to read how hard work and scientific principles triumphed over disease in an age when it seemed too outrageous that microscopic germs could possibly be the cause of a human ailment. Though Johnson's narrative is sometimes quite good, this book is unfortunately about 100 pages longer than necessary. At least it's a quick read. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38458851 to: The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus (Paperback) by John Emsley
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I think I was the last person left who hadn't yet read this book. Fantastic! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30099336 to: Cod (Paperback) by Mark Kurlansky
A quick and fascinating read, I think this title should be on the bookshelf of every New Englander. Until recently I was unaware of the severity of the Cod problem. And until reading this book, I was unaware of how important this simple fish has been to the history of my region of the country. Check it out! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30099326 to: A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry (Hardcover) by Sharon Weinberger
I expected this to be an eccentric travel book, or perhaps a history book, but it turned out to be a treatise on the current state of nuclear politics. I feel like I have an unusually strong background in national security issues, but fortunately this title is also very accessible to any reader with a nagging curiosity about the world nuclear apparatus. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13916465 to: Nathaniel's Nutmeg (Paperback) by Giles Milton
A little slow and beset with a large cast of characters. But how quickly we forgot the role that spices played in world history! An enlightening book. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23561485 to: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Hardcover) by Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan is a gifted journalist -- and that's what it takes to make a book about nutrition as compelling as this one. Those who have followed Pollan's New York Times Magazine articles (and the science news in general) will find nothing shocking among these pages, but don't let that discourage you from reading it. "In Defense of Food" is the closest thing to an accurate, level-headed Bible of nutrition that we're going to have for a while.
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