Booklovers come together to explore science and history topics in-depth. This month we will discuss "What is Life? How Chemistry Becomes Biology" by Addy Pross. Living organisms obey all of the laws of physics and chemistry, but they are so much more.
Booklovers come together to explore science and history topics in-depth. We will discuss “Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread and Why They Stop,” by Adam Kucharski.
We will discuss “Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History,” by Stephen Jay Gould.
Booklovers come together to explore science and history topics in-depth. We will discuss “Math Without Numbers” by Milo Beckman.
Spillover, a book by David Quammen, was published before our most recent pandemic, but looking for emergent diseases and trying to avert them is a 24/7 project. Every year, several diseases from animals are identified.
Rationality, a book by Steven Pinker, explains how modern thought has developed, including tools like critical thinking and probability. In spite of these advancements, he asks a big question: Why have they not been widely adopted by all?
Join us to discuss “The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself” by Sean Carroll.
Join us to discuss "Great Adaptations: Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution’s Mysteries Solved” by Kenneth Catania.
Join us to discuss "Natural: How Faith in Nature’s Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science,” by Alan Levinovitz.
Join us to discuss “System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot,” by Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy M. Weinstein.
Join us to discuss “Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Gödel,” by Stephen Budiansky.
Join us to discuss “Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past,” by Sarah Parcak.