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Emneordreligion (296), history (280), science (223), christianity (139), read '07 (123), literature (121), art (95), novel (91), paleontology (74), movies (73) — se alle emneord

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FavorittforfattereKaren Armstrong, Bill Bryson, Joseph Conrad, Robert Green Ingersoll, John Michlig, Thomas Paine, Carl Sagan, Michael Shermer (Delte favoritter)

FavorittbokhandlereHalf Price Books - Crystal

Om meg Freed by atomic testing from the encumberance of a fleshy corpus, the Atomicmutant floats freely in the Plasmystical aether, reading and collecting books over all sorts of domains of inquiry. Currently on an Evolution of Consciousness kick, but could suddenly and inexplicably veer off into Elvis or the History of Popcorn at any time. I recently joined a book club and have been allowing it to open my reading to books I never would have picked up before. Thanks for visiting, feel free to leave a note!

CURRENT OBSESSIONS/READING TOPICS:

The Evolution of Consciousness
History of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism
Early Christianity 30-120 C.E.
Evolution, and the Evolution/Creation Culture Wars
Christian Dominionism and American Politics
Apollo space program and space exploration
Paleontology and Geology
Cave Art and Petroglyphs
Catching up on "Great Literature" that I've missed.

Om biblioteket mitt Otherwise known as "my piles of books", my library is pretty representative of the range of interests that I've cultivated over the years. I'm a sucker for an esoteric topic, engagingly and wittily presented, and am just as likely to nod off as anyone else on a dry topic. So I search out good writing to make history, science, and religion come alive. The horror, and movie books that I have are from way back, I'm more likely at any given time to be reading non-fiction these days. Check out my tags under "read '06", "read '07", and now "read '08" to see what I've been chewing on lately.

CLICK HERE FOR MY "READ IN '08" LIST . . . 41 and counting . . . including "On the Origin of Species"....finally! Also, all four books of the "Lonesome Dove" series . . . *phew*

CLICK HERE FOR MY "READ IN '07" LIST . . . 123 books read! phew!

CLICK HERE FOR MY "READ IN '06" LIST . . . 71 books read!

CURRENTLY AND RECENTLY READ:

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon;

The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter;

Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon;

Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett;

The Road by Cormac Mcarthy;

The Wild Trees by Richard Preston;

The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby;

Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin;

The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols

Grave Secrets of Dinosaurs by Phillip Manning

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StedFloating about.

Kontotypeoffentlig, livstid

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Medlem sidenApr 26, 2006

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Atomicmutant lagt til:
Relics of Eden: The Powerful Evidence of Evolution in Human DNA av Daniel J. FairbanksNY!

Atomicmutant lagt til:
50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God av Guy P. HarrisonNY!

Atomicmutant lagt til:
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex av Olivia JudsonNY!

Atomicmutant lagt til:
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex av Mary RoachNY!

Atomicmutant lagt til:
Bodhicaryavatara: Buddhist classics series av SantidevaNY!

Atomicmutant lagt til:
The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso) av Dante AlighieriNY!

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Yeah, sometimes I'm in the mood to try to reach out across the chasm.

The book on radio-decay they link to does present an interesting problem. (My physics education is a LONG time ago, though, and I now lack the chops to play with the strong force to see how their physics would actually work.)

postet av AsYouKnow_Bob kl. 8:19 pm (EST) den Aug 14, 2008

Young Earthers at:

http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.ph...

postet av AsYouKnow_Bob kl. 9:11 pm (EST) den Aug 13, 2008

Thanks for the comment AM. We are working, slowly, towards tagging our books at NCSE. And we still have a number of books that just need to be entered. I estimate that we are a little over halfway done.

postet av NCSE kl. 2:07 pm (EST) den Jun 24, 2008

"I see you're a Physics professor, what level? I'm a graphic artist/illustrator/model
builder, but I have a deep and abiding love for science and education, so
I admire what you do."

My wife is an artist/scientist herself, so I can really appreciate art (Myself, I'm a bit hopeless at it). I think science & art are not so different: Both require skill & creativity, an ability to see what other people don't and the joy of thinking outside the box. There is a lot of cross-fertilization from both fields.

To your question: I teach at the undergraduate & graduate level at a big state research university. I also do research and run a lab with 4 Ph.D. students, a post-doc and an undergraduate student right now.

postet av yapete kl. 8:52 am (EST) den Jun 2, 2008

I seem to share more books with your library than with anybody else's (37/my 80 so far). Am I becoming a mutant? Then again, with over 1200 books in your amazing library, maybe it's just a statistical fluke?!

I will spend some time digging through your list for inspiration. --Pete

postet av yapete kl. 5:30 pm (EST) den Jun 1, 2008

I hope you enjoy it. It was several years ago now, but I recall finding it fascinating (all the red tape, the interpersonal conflicts among the scientists, etc.). I've always been interested in archaeology. There was a time when I considered the field, but I think I'm content to be an armchair observer nowadays.

I just picked up a book at Half Price Books today,
and when I entered it into LT, immediately saw that
you gave it 5 stars on the book info page!
"The Goddess and the Bull". I'm
excited to read it. I guess you can add "fellow
ancient history buff" to the list. :)
I'll let you know how many stars I come up with
when I'm through with it!

postet av ryner kl. 9:12 pm (EST) den May 29, 2008

Thanks for the list. I'm curious about The Wild Trees, I read the first 20 pages or so once, and I've been itching to get my hands on it again. cheers,d

postet av dchaikin kl. 9:00 am (EST) den Apr 30, 2008

I'm no expert with the pictures. But, here is the the command I use to post pictures as links. Replace these "()" with carrots. (If I can post it correctly, carrots are these "< or >")

(a href="http://www.somelink.com")(img style="border:1px solid black; height:150px; width:100px" src="http://some_image_location.jpg" /)(/a)

The image must already exist on a webpage. To find the image location, I use Firefox. A right click on the picture offers "Copy image location"; or, if the picture is a link, then right-click, choose properties, and then copy the location.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
d

postet av dchaikin kl. 10:06 pm (EST) den Apr 29, 2008

Pardon my typo's....

What kind of books? Well, see, that's part of the problem, I've forgotten them all. They were mostly in Happy Heathens, and a lot of them were on the evolution vs creationism. Some were on religion or religion and art. Occasionally you will start a post just to say "hey, I recently read this really great book." I think there was one on the Pennsylvania trial about teaching creationism in school. The latest one where you got my attention with was "Your Inner Fish". Does that help?

postet av dchaikin kl. 9:55 pm (EST) den Apr 29, 2008

Hi Atomic, There are a number of books you've suggested here and there in the Happy Heathens group. They alwasy sound good. But, when I have a chance to get a book, I can't mind most of them. Is there any chance you have a list? Maybe you need to start a thread "atomicmutants books suggestions." Cheers, d

postet av dchaikin kl. 3:01 pm (EST) den Apr 29, 2008

Hey Atomic,

I finished Have A Nice Doomsday and wrote up a review. It's a rough draft really because I knocked it out here at work and didn't have the book handy to look up some of the interviewees names.

Anyhow, I enjoyed the book.

I just ordered a book you may be interested in (and if nothing else, you should like the '50's UFO cover) - Apocalypse Pretty Soon: Travels in End Times America. I haven't read the book yet, so can't give it a recommendation, but it looked like something right up your alley.

postet av jseger9000 kl. 11:33 am (EST) den Apr 18, 2008

PS, if you post it, I would appreciate it if you stated it was written by someone who does believe in God. Well, kinda, sorta.

postet av Arctic-Stranger kl. 12:35 pm (EST) den Apr 7, 2008

That particular blog is not really on my radar. I have seen it mentioned a few times, and visited it maybe once. I don't think I will post it there, but I certainly don't mind you posting it. I would be interested in any feedback it generates.

postet av Arctic-Stranger kl. 12:31 pm (EST) den Apr 7, 2008

I haven't read that one, but I may look into it. Actually, I haven't read many books in the genre, except for a few of the big names. I have a hard time reviewing them because in most cases they're preaching to the choir, and I don't have an unbiased opinion while I'm lamenting in dismay that some people who desperately need to read such a book is one who will avoid it.

Fun that you met PZ! I have a fear of meeting idols (not that it's likely ever to happen). I tend to get tongue-tied easily, and I'd rather make no impression at all from afar than make a poor or unmemorable one in person (I think). What was he like?

postet av ryner kl. 2:37 pm (EST) den Apr 4, 2008

Yep, I'm not very vocal in real life either. I mention religious/anti-religious matters in my blog occasionally, but I'd guess most of my family and friends aren't aware of my "heathenism," though I'd certainly talk about it truthfully if someone asked. While I'm a fan of Pharyngula and feel a more informed citizen for it, I oscillate between dismay and amusement at the content covered. I've yet to attend a local event either, although the recent conference was tempting!

I should note that my LT catalog is only books I've read (and know the date finished). Because I work for the public library it's been ages since I've purchased books.

Thanks for replying, looking forward to reading more of what you have to say on Talk in the future!

postet av ryner kl. 11:30 pm (EST) den Mar 30, 2008

I've been wanting to say hello for some time, as a fellow Minnesotan, heathen and Pharyngula fan. So hello!

postet av ryner kl. 11:44 am (EST) den Mar 30, 2008

Hey, I didn't know you worked on the game! I wrote up a review for it at Moby Games (I'm user name Zod Wallop on there. Some time I need to consolidate my user names.)

I wrote a review for Desert Rats as well. Did you work on that one?

postet av jseger9000 kl. 12:12 pm (EST) den Mar 27, 2008

Very nice review for Have A Nice Doomsday. I went and ordered the book right after reading it.

By the way, I meant to tell you that I Was An Atomic Mutant! was a fun, fun game. The image on your profile makes me smile when I see it.

postet av jseger9000 kl. 9:01 pm (EST) den Mar 24, 2008

Hi again!
I finally read that Princess book, and it was quite interesting. According to a friend of mine who has a lot of friends and exes in the Saudi Royal Family, however, the book is "bull-shit." I don't know.

postet av heina kl. 11:58 am (EST) den Mar 12, 2008

Atomic,

I stole your entire post about Abunga and reposted it to the Banned Books group (giving you credit, 'natch). Just wanted to let you know.

Thanks for the heads' up on that site. LT seems like such a perfect place to fight something as narrow-minded as Abunga.

postet av jseger9000 kl. 3:47 pm (EST) den Jan 17, 2008

I searched all the varied and scattered places my mother stores her books (I gave her all my old Harun Yahyas) but was unable to scare up The Evolution Deceit. They give it out free at Islamic conferences so paying for it might be, I don't know, support where there is none needed.

They do have the full text online:
http://www.harunyahya.com/evolution_spec...

postet av heina kl. 2:01 pm (EST) den Dec 12, 2007

Have you been here yet?
http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.ph...
Cheers,d

postet av dchaikin kl. 10:22 am (EST) den Dec 7, 2007

Not only are you hilarious, and have an amazingly diverse and interesting library, and great taste (Vonnegut!), but you joined LT on my b-day... well, except for the year, of course.

You mutant, you...

postet av TeacherDad kl. 3:20 am (EST) den Nov 8, 2007

Thanks for your interesting review of "The Children of Hurin". The point about the action occurring in a vacuum is well made, and I thought your comparison with Aragorn was a nice one.
The mythic precedents for the unknowing incest motif are firstly Kullervo in the Kalavala, and secondly Sigmund in some versions of the tale of the Volsungs (notably Wagner's Ring Cycle).

postet av Celebrimbor kl. 4:45 am (EST) den Jun 27, 2007

Hi! Notice you have Xinran's "Sky Burial." What is your opinion (pure fiction? re-creation of true event? retelling of yarn?) Esta1923

postet av Esta1923 kl. 3:16 pm (EST) den Mar 21, 2007

I didn't see either Bart Ehrman's refutation of the Da Vinci Code, nor Jaroslav Pelikan's Whose Bible Is It? cataloged - have you read them? I'm listening to Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus on audio these days, and while the narrator is certainly doing his best to be "lively" it's been a bit of a slog to get through compared with those two.

postet av Seajack kl. 2:03 am (EST) den Feb 19, 2007

In response to your note in Green Dragon I checked to see what we share, then did look at your library, but, best of all, read some of your reviews. You are a good example I'll try to follow! Have meant to review, but good intentions. . . . Esta1923

postet av Esta1923 kl. 1:07 am (EST) den Feb 12, 2007

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