Magazine Review: Oh Reader, Issue 001 edited by Gemma Peckham So it turns out publishers are still starting new print magazines in this calamitous year of 2020. Fittingly, it’s a magazine for and about people who like to read. The primary focus, at least in this issue, is essays on various aspects of reading. The… Continue reading Magazine Review: Oh Reader, Issue 001
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Book Review: The Periodic Table
Book Review: The Periodic Table by Tom Jackson Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book through a Goodreads giveaway to facilitate writing this review. No other compensation was requested or offered. The periodic table was developed in 1869 by Dmitri Mendeleev as a way of categorizing elements, substances that cannot be refined or purified… Continue reading Book Review: The Periodic Table
Book Review: The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution
Book Review: The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution by David Wootton At the beginning of the Fifteenth Century, there were no scientists as we understand the term, and no science. Received wisdom from Aristotle and Galen ruled knowledge and philosophy. Then a series of changes in technology and the way people… Continue reading Book Review: The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution