Linda Loos Scarth

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The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

Anyone who uses a computer in any of its contemporary shapes or who has an interest in modern history will enjoy this book. It should be on the reading lists of book discussion groups and high school and college courses across the curriculum.
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Whatever Happened to the Metric System? How America Kept Its Feet

While this exciting, well-researched work is diminished somewhat by the dialect used to discuss its topic, it will still be a satisfying addition to public and academic libraries.
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Naturalists at Sea: Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin

For all those compelled by the accounts, intriguing and sometimes brutal, of the scholar-seafarers who risked their lives in the founding of the modern natural and physical sciences. Readers who enjoyed Richard Holmes's The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science will be drawn to this book, too.
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The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America

Not simply about mushrooms, this book examines human behavior, economics, food, society, and nature. In the end, readers will have learned a great deal about U.S. economic and social structures—all while being entertained and enlightened by stories of gastronomy and mushrooms. Highly recommended.
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Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs

A surprising page-turner for anyone interested in natural history.
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The Ancient Mythology of Modern Science

Readers with exposure to ancient mythology, and who have read some of the works discussed, will find much to think about, regardless of whether they agree with Schrempp.
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Under the Surface

The cast of advance men, scientists, cheerleaders, locals, corporate CEOs, accidental activists, politicians, and bureaucrats step off the page to meet readers. The interplay of their words and actions tells the often sad but sometimes positive story of people and politics in a world that demands ever-increasing amounts of energy. Recommended to all readers curious about the backstory of an important, ongoing public drama.
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