Posted in artsey, book reviews, shameless self-promotion on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You all knew it was coming, so here it is:
My art book is now available… which means I’m a published artist, and one step up from a starving artist
This version is in Spanish, I’m working on getting an English version published but that may take a little while. But the pretty pictures really [...]
Posted in book reviews, feeling dumb, learnin' stuff on July 5, 2009 | 8 Comments »
This has to be one of my favourite books ever. I’m so embarrassed that I hadn’t read it before now.
The book concentrated on how nanosystems will be used to transform our lives, our bodies, and the environment. There was also a discussion on how we will control nanosystems such that they do not replicate uncontrollably. [...]
Posted in book reviews on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m currently reading Distress by Greg Egan. The story is set at a Physics conference, so I’m actually really enjoying it (although I think overall I preferred Permutation City). It is however most unlike any Physics conference I’ve ever attended. With murder, mystery, intrigue, fanatical religious cults, shadowy biotech corporations, kidnapping, deadly bioweapons and [...]
Posted in book reviews, transhumanism on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just been reading ‘Shaping Things’ by Bruce Sterling (2005). It’s a very interesting and cute book, I’d certainly recommend it. It’s about design, the interaction between people and objects, and how society can be catagorised into historical ‘eras’ determined by this interaction. The book talks about the SPIME – totally interactive and recyclable [...]
Posted in book reviews on December 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Sometimes I think this blog seems to be turning into a book review site! Hey, I read fast… Well I’ve just finished Parallel worlds by Michio Kaku. Kaku explores many different ideas, all tied together under a general cosmology theme.
The book begins by introducing some of the key concepts of spacetime, the big bang, and [...]
Posted in book reviews, expt vs theory showdown, quantum computing on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just picked up a copy of this book from the library:
So far it’s looking quite good. I like it because of the large section in the later chapters dedicated to summarizing the field of experimental progress, whilst still maintaining a thorough introduction to the quantum mechanics, algebra and algorithms. The book covers NMR schemes, [...]
Posted in book reviews, psychological ponderings, quantum spookiness, sci-fi on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just been reading Quarantine, a Science Fiction book by Greg Egan (1992). It was brilliant, I loved it! I’ll definitely be buying his other books.
— Warning – spoiler ahead! —
The first few chapters of the book introduce the idea that in the future earth has been quarantined by an extra-terrestrial species, but offers no [...]
Posted in book reviews on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Genesis Machines by Martyn Amos
A nice introduction to several topics. I know next to nothing about genetic engineering – which is odd seeing as it was a topic I was extremely interested in before I turned to Physics, and I’d like to know more… so it’s nice to read about the way that bioscientists [...]
Posted in book reviews on September 8, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I just finished reading ‘The fabric of reality’ by David Deutsch. It is a very thought provoking and impressive book. The book argues that the (current) reductionist approach to understanding modern physics and the universe is, although useful to a certain extent, unable to explain certain higher level emergent phenomena. The book ties together [...]
Posted in book reviews, film / tv / music, sci-fi on July 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So just as I’ve (possibly) got my head around the idea that there is Neuromancer film in the pipeline, which to be honest I’m trying to keep an open mind about (I love Gibson’s work but translation into screenplay hasn’t exactly been proven a success)…
I also find out that they are remaking Dune;
Another of my [...]
