tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post6108557974611959130..comments2024-03-29T07:16:09.835-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen: A reviewDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-62191306096606221782018-09-14T13:37:21.739-05:002018-09-14T13:37:21.739-05:00That's Quammen's forte. He has a number of...That's Quammen's forte. He has a number of books explaining various things about science to those of us who are <br />not necessarily scientifically inclined. Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-35950881173622247182018-09-14T10:46:37.613-05:002018-09-14T10:46:37.613-05:00I like your opening quote and it seems inevitable ...I like your opening quote and it seems inevitable that scientists would progress from Darwin whose discoveries and theories about evolution are now almost 160 years old. As far as the quirks of scientists go, they are as human as the rest of us with more information, right? I think it is great that Quammen wrote a book that the rest of us could understand. Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-58173954867182238712018-09-13T16:09:27.872-05:002018-09-13T16:09:27.872-05:00I guess they can't all be like Jocelyn Bell Bu...I guess they can't all be like Jocelyn Bell Burnell!Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-74273056924516638202018-09-13T15:10:02.818-05:002018-09-13T15:10:02.818-05:00Simply fascinating! I understand how a perceived &...Simply fascinating! I understand how a perceived "slight" like not winning a Nobel Prize can derail a person. It happens in science more frequently than you would believe. ;-)Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.com