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Recommended and Additional Readings
Geology, Geography, Astronomy, Science

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Chaos Theory

Gleick, J., 1987, Chaos: Making a New Science. Penguin Books, New York, 352 p.

Climate Change and Global Warming

Ruddiman, W.F., 2005, Plows, Plagues and Petroleum. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 202 p.

***"The start of the switch-over from control of climate by nature to control by humans occurred several thousand years ago, and it happened as a result of ... inventions linked to farming." - quote from the book***

Schneider, S., 1989, Global Warming. Vintage Books, New York, 343 p.

Dinosaurs

Dodson, P., 1996, The Horned Dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 346 p.

Horner, J. and J. Gorman, 1988, Digging Dinosaurs. Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 210 p.

Evolution

Dawkins, R., 1987, The Blind Watchmaker. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 332 p.

Ward, P. 1995, The End of Evolution. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 302 p.

Leakey, R., 1996, The Sixth Extinction. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 271 p.

Geography

Diamond, J., 1999, Guns, Germs and Steel. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, 494 p.

***"Guns, Germs and Steel is about why the rise of complex human societies unfolded differently on different continents over the last 13,000 years." - quote from the book***

Manned Space Program

Collins, M., 1988, Liftoff: the Story of America's Adventure in Space. Grove Press, New York, 288 p.

Physical Anthropology

Johanson, D. and M. Edey, 1981, Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind. Simon and Schuster, New York, 409 p.

Millar, R., 1972, The Piltdown Men. St. Martin's Press, New York, 264 p.

Planetary Studies

Ward, Peter and Donald Brownlee, 1995, Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe. Copernicus/Springer-Verlag, New York, 333 p.

Politics and International Affairs

Galbraith, Peter W., 2006, The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End. Simon and Schuster, New York, 260 p.

***"Good overview of the situation in Iraq as of 2006. It highlights the cultural differences in Iraq that existed before the war, and the ignorance, mismanagement and lack of planning by the Bush administration that helped to create a bigger mess than expected.***

Pseudo-Science

Gardner, M., 1952 (reprinted 1986), Fads & Fallacies. New American Library, New York, 320 p.

Hoagland, R., 1987, The Monuments of Mars. North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, 348 p.

***An excellent example of pseudo-science being passed off as science. Don't believe everything you read!!***

Science

Hellman, H., 1998. Great Feuds in Science: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 240 p.

***Topics include Galileo, Newton, Darwinian Evolution, Age of the Earth, Continental Drift, and Human Evolution.***

Sagan, C., 1996, The Demon-Haunted World. Ballantine Books, New York, 457 p.

***A "must read" for anyone in the field of science.***

Science Fiction

Asimov, Isaac, 1950. I, Robot
Asimov, Isaac, 1951. The Foundation Trilogy
Bester, Alfred, 1953. The Demolished Man
Bester, Alfred, 1956. The Stars My Destination
Brackett, Leigh, 1955. The Long Tomorrow
Burgess, Anthony, 1962. A Clockwork Orange
Burroughs, Edgar R., 1917. A Princess of Mars
Butler, Octavia E., 1979. Kindred
Butler, Octavia E., 1993. Parable of the Sower
Butler, Octavia E., 1998. Parable of the Talents
Christopher, John, 1956. The Death of Grass
Clarke, Arthur C., 1973. Rendezvous with Rama
Clement, Hal, 1954. Mission of Gravity
Cook, Glen, 1988. The Dragon Never Sleeps
Dick, Philip K., 1968. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Dickson, Gordon, 1976. Dorsai
Galouye, Daniel F., 1961. Dark Universe
George, Orwell, 1949. 1984
Gloag, John, 1932. To-Morrow's Yesterday
Haldeman, Joe, 1975. The Forever War
Heinlein, Robert A., 1966. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Heinlein, Robert, 1958. Have Spacesuit-Will Travel
Herbert, Frank, 1956. Under Pressure
Herbert, Frank, 1965. Dune
Hubbard, L. Ron, 1948. Final Blackout
Huxley, Aldous, 1932. Brave New World
Miller, Walter M., 1959. A Canticle for Liebowitz
Niven, Larry, 1970. Ringworld
Pohl, Frederik, 1976. Man Plus
Pohl, Frederik, 1977. Gateway
Priest, Christopher. 1974, Inverted World
Shaw, Bob, 1975. Orbitsville
Shelley, Mary, 1818. Frankenstein
Silverberg, Robert, 1970. Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Silverberg, Robert, 1972. Dying Inside
Simak, Clifford, 1963. Way Station
Smith, Cordwainer, 1975. Norstrilia
Smith, Cordwainer, 1975. The Best of Cordwainer Smith
Van Vogt, A. E., 1946. Slan
Van Vogt, A. E., 1948. World of Null-A, The
Verne, Jules, 1863. A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Verne, Jules, 1870. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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