No comments about The Bartonian Legacy.

3 comments about The Making of a Soviet Scientist: My Adventures in Nuclear Fusion and Space From Stalin to Star Wars.

1. Now that the madness of Star Wars *seems* be to behind us, check out this book. If you thought Regan and E.T. were nuts, wait til you read about the opposition. History is gracious-she provides sane leaders at insane moments. Just about everyone on the planet owes this gentleman big time. He writes beautifully. The history of Eastern bloc physics is not well known in the west-this book is the perfect place to start. One of the sanest, most decent men on the planet.



2. We are used to read about science in Europe or America, but this book refers to the knowledge of science in Rusia. How it affects to the politics and how the policts involve in science matters. Very easy to read. It goes from the beginning of the century to the Star War. Personal anectotes of the author with famous russian physicists.



3. I recommend this book get a sample of what science is like in a totalitarian society. I grew up in the USSR, and I visited IKI in the middle of 1980s as a lead engineer from a lab that developed waveguide systems for IKI. Everything was secret and KGB guards were everywhere, but we were able to carry out documents and materials for waveguide systems in our pockets. Sagdeev's account of events is quite interesting since he can tell how things were in the USSR without being afraid for his life and well-being any more. I wish he talked more about the scientific side rather than politics.

No comments about Francis Galton: Pioneer of Heredity and Biometry.

No comments about Discoveries: Newton (Discoveries (Abrams)).

No comments about Hans Krebs: Volume 1: The Formation of a Scientific Life, 1900-1933 (Hans Krebs).

1 comments about If I Die In The Service Of Science: The Dramatic Stories of Medical Scientists Who Experimented on Themselves.

1. If I Die in the Service of Science is a fascinating historical account of some of the most dreaded diseases known to plague mankind. By reading this book, one better understands the massive degree of suffering experienced by our predecessors, and the desperate conditions that compelled men, motivated by altruism, and the desire for riches and glory, to take their lives into their own hands by using themselves as experimental subjects.
   
   With the literary talent and expertise of a man who has won two Pulitzer Prizes, Jon Franklin helps the reader visualize the life and times of brilliant and eccentric men, weaving drama and human interest into settings of ignorance and despair.
   
   Co-author John Sutherland, M.D., a retired pathologist, contributes the scientific and historical detail.
   
   As is always the case in medical research, one must overcome not only the unknown, but also the self-serving egos, greed, and skepticism of members of the intellectual elite in power at the time. Personally, I appreciated the way the authors helped me, by way of this panoramic historical view, to realize that possibly the greatest barrier to the ending of human suffering is man himself.
   
   For those who are interested in science, medicine, or just history, this book is highly recommended!

No comments about The Green Trees Beyond: A Memoir.

3 comments about Pocahontas.

1. We've been taking this book out the library for years. We finally bought it. As with all of the books by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'aulaire, the illustrations are beautiful, the stories full of information and the facts true. They are very easy to read but still not wishy-washy. We all learn something everytime we read them. You want to read them over and over. Our children read these for fun. Wonderful.



2. I think this was an okay book for kids. It was funny when the animals played around and it was sad when the indians took john smith away.



3. This book is not historically accurate though it could be used to study stereotypes and perspectives from earlier times. Written in the 1940's, it does not benefit from contemporary historical research and does not offer a balanced view of Pocahontas' role in history. A better choice would be Pocahontas: Princess of the New World by Kathleen Krull.

No comments about Darwin on Love.

No comments about Science, Politics and Business in the Work of Sir John Lubbock (Science, Technology and Culture, 1700û1945).