Roy Scranton served as a private in the US army from 2002 to 2006, including a term in Iraq. In his new book, Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization, he reflects on one of the greatest threats to humanity—climate change. Scranton argues that, as we destroy the climate that sustains us, we destroy ourselves. We are our own worst enemy. Continue reading Review of Roy Scranton’s, Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization
Category Archives: Book Reviews – Science
Review of Phil Torres’, The End: What Science and Religion Tell Us About the Apocalypse
The basic theme of Phil Torres’ new book, The End: What Science and Religion Tell Us about the Apocalypse
Review of Marcelo Gleiser’s, The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
There is a new book on the intersection between science and the meaning of life: The Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning by Marcelo Gleiser, the Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College. Continue reading Review of Marcelo Gleiser’s, The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
Review of Martin Rees’, Our Final Hour
Our Final Hour: A Scientist’s Warning
Martin Rees is one of the most distinguished theoretical astrophysicists in the world. Continue reading Review of Martin Rees’, Our Final Hour
E. O. Wilson: To Young Scientists and the Conquest of Earth
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Just finished reading both of E. O. Wilson’s latest books: Letters to a Young Scientist, and The Social Conquest of Earth
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