Czech Biologist or Ethnographer?
He’s a biologist, but from the posts I linked to below, Vojtech Novotny reads like an ethnographer. It just goes to show you, when it […]
Reviews
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Reviewing an Ethnography
I recently had the pleasure of reading Ruth Benedict’s The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, an ethnography done in an experimental style just at the end […]
Video: Dawkins vs. McGrath
I reviewed Alister McGrath’s book, Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life over a year ago and have been waiting ever since for […]
Egyptology Online Karnak and Avaris
The Near Eastern Studies department of Johns Hopkins University is scheduled to roll out an educational website on January 19, 2007 titled Hopkins in Egypt […]
Science Blogging Anthology Now in Print
Open Laboratory: The Best Writing on Science Blogs 2006 has been published and is available for purchase and download at Lulu. For those of you […]
Book Review: Dancing Skeletons, an ethnography
Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa Author: Katherine A. Dettwyler Publisher: Waveland Press, Long Grove, IL Year: 1994 On average, about 17 children […]
[Book Review] The Science of Noah’s Flood (part 2 of 2)
Image via Wikipedia The first part of this 2 part review can be found here. In this part, I conclude my review of Noah’s Flood: […]
[Book Review] The Science of Noah’s Flood
IMAGE: BOOK In reviewing the book, Noah’s Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About The Event That Changed History (Ryan and Pittman, 1998), it must be […]
Review- Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes and the Meaning of Life
Quite by accident, I discovered Alister McGrath’s book, Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life, as I was browsing the stacks of my […]