Neuroscience
Interesting list of the Best Sci-Tech books of 2006 in the March 1, 2007 issue of Library Journal:
Science's Big Picture // Best Sci-Tech Books 2006
By Gregg Sapp — March 1, 2007
"From our prehistoric past to the promise and perils of our future, the top science titles of 2006 offer plenty to ponder."
The list includes some titles of interest to armchair cognitive scientists, such as (links to WorldCat; reviews on the LJ site):
- Digitizing Books @ Uconn
UConn is participating in an exciting project whereby we are digitizing pre-1923 / out-of-copyright books as part of the Boston Library Consortium / Open Content Alliance project, with a goal of scanning approximately 1500 UConn books a year. The digitized...
- Favorite Podcasts
I've had two conversations recently in which I was discussing favorite science podcasts. Since this blog serves as a long-term memory aid, I'm listing, in alphabetical order, some of the sci-tech podcasts I like right now. (read about earlier...
- Beyond Belief
Here's a terrific conference I wish I could have attended: The ScienceNetwork's sequel to the 2006 Beyond Belief conference, the 2007 Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0 was designed "to undertake together an ongoing reconnaissance of Enlightenment...
- Fiction / Science / Philosophy
I like when more than one of my interests combine, as they did in a 1983 book I recently read by Rebecca Goldstein. In The Mind-body Problem, Goldstein's heroine is a philosopher / graduate student at Princeton married to a math genuius. She jokingly...
- Memory: Biography, Essay, And Podcast With Eric Kandel
Scientific American's podcasts are interesting. I heard an interview with Eric Kandel, recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine (for his work on memory) in the most recent podcast. Scientific American editor and columnist Steve...
Neuroscience
Library Journal's Best Sci-Tech Books, 2006
Interesting list of the Best Sci-Tech books of 2006 in the March 1, 2007 issue of Library Journal:
Science's Big Picture // Best Sci-Tech Books 2006
By Gregg Sapp — March 1, 2007
"From our prehistoric past to the promise and perils of our future, the top science titles of 2006 offer plenty to ponder."
The list includes some titles of interest to armchair cognitive scientists, such as (links to WorldCat; reviews on the LJ site):
- Mithen, Steven. The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind and Body. Harvard Univ.
- Firlik, Katrina. Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside. Random.
- Kandel, Eric R. In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind. Norton.
- Dennett, Daniel C. Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon. Viking.
- Digitizing Books @ Uconn
UConn is participating in an exciting project whereby we are digitizing pre-1923 / out-of-copyright books as part of the Boston Library Consortium / Open Content Alliance project, with a goal of scanning approximately 1500 UConn books a year. The digitized...
- Favorite Podcasts
I've had two conversations recently in which I was discussing favorite science podcasts. Since this blog serves as a long-term memory aid, I'm listing, in alphabetical order, some of the sci-tech podcasts I like right now. (read about earlier...
- Beyond Belief
Here's a terrific conference I wish I could have attended: The ScienceNetwork's sequel to the 2006 Beyond Belief conference, the 2007 Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0 was designed "to undertake together an ongoing reconnaissance of Enlightenment...
- Fiction / Science / Philosophy
I like when more than one of my interests combine, as they did in a 1983 book I recently read by Rebecca Goldstein. In The Mind-body Problem, Goldstein's heroine is a philosopher / graduate student at Princeton married to a math genuius. She jokingly...
- Memory: Biography, Essay, And Podcast With Eric Kandel
Scientific American's podcasts are interesting. I heard an interview with Eric Kandel, recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine (for his work on memory) in the most recent podcast. Scientific American editor and columnist Steve...