Cradle of Gold

Posted on : 19-05-2010 | By : Bonex | In : Archaeology, General Reviews

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Cradle of Gold: The Story of Hiram Bingham, a Real-Life Indiana Jones, and the Search for Machu Picchu

Cradle of Gold: The Story of Hiram Bingham, a Real-Life Indiana  Jones, and the Search for Machu Picchu

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it matters what Yale was like, for Hiram Bingham III…. because you cannot understand his desire to explore South America without understanding why he wished to join the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War. You cannot understand his academic pursuits without understanding his grandfather’s successful book about Hawaii, or his father’s translations. The context here is the story, and the story is told in this book wonderfully well.

History of Time

Posted on : 19-05-2010 | By : Bonex | In : Astronomy & Space Science, General Reviews

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A Briefer History of Time

A Briefer History of Time

Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Like prior editions of the book—but even more so—A Briefer History of Time will guide nonscientists everywhere in the ongoing search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space.

I clearly remember when Stephen Hawking’s first book, A Brief History of Time, came out in 1988. It was a great book that explained modern scientific cosmology in a way that I could really understand. That book became a worldwide bestseller, and with good reason!

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Posted on : 19-05-2010 | By : Bonex | In : Evolution, General Reviews

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

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In Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond presents the biologist’s answer: geography, demography, and ecological happenstance. Diamond evenhandedly reviews human history on every continent since the Ice Age at a rate that emphasizes only the broadest movements of peoples and ideas. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. 32 illustrations.

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