A falta de un paquete más que me tiene que llegar a través de mi lista de los deseos de Amazon, hoy he recibido el regalo de mi hermana, estos dos libros
Electric Universe, How Electricity Switched On The Modern World por David Bodanis fue otro de esos libros que descubrí a partir de Tech Nation, un podcast donde, entre otras personas, entrevistas a autores de libros de temas científicos y/o tecnológicos. De la contraportada
In this enthralling, acclaimed history of electricity, David Bodanis waves together tales of romance, divine inspiration and fraud. From the cold waters of the Atlantic to the streets of Hamburg during a World War II firestorm and the interior of the human body, Electric Universe is a mesmerizing journey of discovery by a master science writer.
‘A technological odyssey complete with heroes and villains, triumph and tragedy -a true scientific adventure’
Simon Singh, author of Big Bang and Fermat’s Last Theorem‘Bodanis upeels these multiple layers of the electric onion expertly… Electric Universe is a high-voltage performance’
Daily Mail‘Bodani’s greatest gift is telling stories with a passion and vibrant energy that makes you thirst to investigate more once his books are done’
Times Educational SupplementA Small book that packs a suprisingly big punch… Bodanis really brings the subject to life’
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El otro libro es The Darwin Conspiracy de John Darnton y llegué a él a través de este post Evolucionarios: Lecturas Recomendables, donde comentaban varias lecturas interesantes alrededor del tema de Darwin. De la contraportada
«John Darton’s The Darwin Conspiracy is an ingeniously constructed page-turner. Based (like all Darnton novels) on exhaustive research, it is a work of dazzling speculation, masterfully blending character and plot into the kind of book Micheal Crichton migh write were he to collaborate with Ian McEvan. In short, this is one halluva read.»
-Arthur Kopit
«John Darnton makes misterious and riveting a story we thought we all knew. He moves with great agility from Darwin’s England to the present day, from style and riddle to enigma. The old and the new seem equally surprising here; each page fairly begs to be turned.»
-Nicholas Delbanco
«You will hear, almost daily, the name Darwin, meaning a certain hard truth about life, but here, in John Darton’s eloquent new book, is the man himself, and the way life was in the time he lived.»
-Alan Furst
«Take historical knowledge and literaty imagination, add a good measure of talent to it, and you will understand why John Darnton’s new novel will appeal to many, many readers who will read it with delight.»
-Elie Wiesel
Otros regalos recibidos
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