by Laura Landon on 2016-09-21T17:10:12-03:00 | 0 Comments
Members of Mount A's Science faculty selected a number of their favourite books for our Science Literacy Week book display. Here are some of their choices, with their explanations beneath each.
Handbook of the Psychology of Aging by K. Warner Schaie (Editor); Sherry L. Willis (Editor)
Call Number: BF 724.55 .A35 H36 2011 STK
ISBN: 9780123808820
Publication Date: 2010-11-16
"These books (Handbook of the Psychology of Aging and Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences) offer very useful summaries of the important research accomplished in the field, and can show the new scholar how much work is being accomplished, and how diverse the field of gerontology has become. I remember as a student being surprised that all these topics were already part of the research record." -- Dr. Odette Gould, Professor of Psychology, Mount Allison University
Power, Sex, Suicide by Nick Lane
Call Number: QH 603 .M5 L36 2005 STK
ISBN: 9780199205646
Publication Date: 2006-12-11
"Excellent and interesting book!" --Dr. Andrea Morash, Dept. of Biology, Mount Allison University
Black Holes and Time Warps by Kip S. Thorne; Frederick Seitz (Introduction by); Stephen W. Hawking (Foreword by)
Call Number: QC 6 .T46 1994 STK
ISBN: 0393312763
Publication Date: 1995-01-17
"A fascinating account of how the theory of general relativity was developed by Einstein and then later extended by Thorne, Hawking, and others. Contains a really neat mix of scientific discussion and personal anecdote." -- Dr. Geoffrey Cruttwell, Dept. of Math & Computer Science, Mount Allison University
Gravitation by Charles W. Misner; Kip S. Thorne; John Archibald Wheeler
Call Number: QC 178 .M57 1973 STK
ISBN: 0716703440
Publication Date: 1973-09-15
"For those who want to learn more of the details [of the theory of general relativity], and have some mathematical background, the book Gravitation by Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler is an absolute classic." -- Dr. Geoffrey Cruttwell, Dept. of Math & Computer Science, Mount Allison University
Advice for a Young Investigator by Santiago Ramon y Cajal; Neely Swanson (Translator); Larry W. Swanson (Translator)
Call Number: *on order*
ISBN: 9780262181914
Publication Date: 1999-01-29
"One of my favourite monographs is not an actual research paper, but rather a book Santiago Ramon y Cajal wrote in the late 19th century (1897) to give advice to young investigators. Santiago y Cajal was a pioneer in neuroscience, who put forth the notion that individual nerve cells were discrete and not directly connected (not one long cell that makes up your entire brain). His book is interesting, humorous, and inspiring." -- Dr. Geneviève Desmarais, Dept. of Psychology and Coordinator, Cognitive Science Program, Mount Allison University
Chaos by James Gleick
Call Number: Q 158.5 .G43 1988
ISBN: 9780143113454
Publication Date: 2008-08-26
" I read this book as an undergraduate. It got me interested in new ways to think about complex physical systems and to see new possibilities in connections between mathematics and science. The profiles of scientists and glimpses into the development of new ideas was really inspiring." -- Dr. Andrew Irwin, Dept. of Math & Computer Science, Mount Allison University
Quantum Physics of Atoms Solids, Molecules, Nuclei and Particles by Robert Martin Eisberg; Robert E. Resnick
Call Number: QC 174.12 .E34 1985
ISBN: 047187373X
Publication Date: 1985-02-14
"This is a comprehensive but clear overview of the physics of quantum systems. On a personal note, it was probably the single most useful book I worked through before my comprehensive exam in graduate school." -- Dr. David Fleming, Dept. of Physics, Mount Allison University
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