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Posted | Member Name | Book Title | Author |
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2/4/2022 | david woll | the prize    Comprehensive, worldwide history of oil and how it shaped the modern age. | daniel yergin |
9/20/2021 | Larry Marcus | The Code Breaker    This book tells the story of the development of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology and conjectures its future usefulness. In many ways it reads like the "The Double Helix" so that it is a history and an action "thriller" at the same time. | Walter Isaacson |
2/22/2021 | Larry Marcus | Fundamentals: Ten Keys To Reality    An updated view of the physical world to supersede what you learned in high school physics. | Frank Wilczek |
4/22/2020 | Bill Dick | The Gene    Superb history of the science of discovery of genetics. | Siddhartha Mukherjee |
4/11/2020 | Jim Farley | The Common Nature of Epidemics    Published in 1866 in Britain, this book takes a look at the history of epidemics in Europe and presents a professional analysis of the causes (if discovered) of human and animal plagues. Quite an eye-opener for the novice. | Thomas Southwood Smith, M.D. |
4/6/2020 | Noah (N.S.) Palmer | Why Sane People Believe Crazy Things: How Belief Can Help or Hurt Social Peace    Examines why people disagree about moral, social, and political issues. Uses biology, psychology, history, and religion. Offers ways to prevent conflict and promote social trust. Copies (print or ebook) are FREE to members of the Scientech Club. | N.S. Palmer |
4/6/2020 | Dr. Alan D. Schmidt | Click Here to Kill Everybody, Security & Survival in the Hyper-connected World    The title is a hype, but the book is good coverage of cybersecurity, hacking, and the computer interconnected world we are developing. "Everything is becoming vulnerable because everything is becoming a computer connected to the internet." | Bruce Schneier |
4/5/2020 | Jim Farley | Reminisences of Peace and War    This is an absolute must read for anyone who wishes to really understand what it was like to live in the South during and after the Civil War. Beautifully written and very entertaining. | Sara Agnes Rice Pryor |
4/2/2020 | Mark Sperka | Make, Think, Imagine    Overview of recent scientific & technical advances, looking toward the manner in which they might unfold in the future, especially AI & renewable energy. by John Browne, former CEO of BP, former President of Britain's Royal Academy of Engineering | John Browne |
3/29/2020 | Bill Dick | The Less People Know About Us    A true story about an Indiana family. The author, now a college professor, details the family's harrowing tale of identity theft. She now lectures on how to protect against this terrible problem. | Axton Betz-Hamilton, Ph. D. |
3/28/2020 | John Engstrom | Why Governments Fail So Often    By showing us why America’s government in practice has so often been a poor government, and how it could become better, the author has written an essential manual for policy makers and the public. | Peter H. Schuck |
3/28/2020 | Bill Dick | The Splendid and the Vile    See Jim Willson's summary. Winston Churchill - amazing man. | Erik Larson |
3/28/2020 | Bill Dick | Boston Massacre    It is surprising how many women married British soldiers. Many soldiers knew some local people. | Serena Zabin |
3/28/2020 | Bill Dick | 1774    A good summary of the tea trade and the amazing resistance to British rule all over the states in 1774, | Mary Beth Norton |
3/25/2020 | Benny Ko | You Have to Get Lost Before You Can be Found.    A fascinating account of a Himalayan veteran that has trekked through various regions of Nepal over three decades. He left not just footprints but also philanthropic accomplishments in some of the region's poorest communities. | Jeff Rasley |
3/25/2020 | Randy Strate | Man's 4th Best Hospital    Satyrical view of the United States medical system, including why doctors hate the Electronic Medical Record. | Samuel Shem |
3/25/2020 | Greg Wright | Talking to Strangers     | Malcolm Gladwell |
3/25/2020 | Jim Dillon | The Hunt for Red October    A great naval story about a Russian submarine, its crew and how the Americans helped in their defection. Clancy goal was to write a great sea novel. It is also a great movie. | Tom Clancy |
3/25/2020 | Jim Dillon | The Great Gatsby    The American dream is ultimately unattainable. Gatsby attained great wealth and status as a socialite. His dream was to have a future with his one true love, Daisey | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
3/25/2020 | Jim Dillon | Hornblower Series --Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, Flying Colors    The Royal Navy during Napoleonic Wars | C.S Forester |
3/25/2020 | Dick Carter | Pleased to Meet Me    For more information about the research regarding the monumental power of Epigenetics, and other items, see the recent book by Professor Bill Sullivan – “Pleased to Meet Me” (ISBN 9781426220555-52600, National Geographic, 2019). He talked in 2019 | Bill Sullivan |
3/22/2020 | Jim Willson | The Splendid and the Vile    The fascinating story of Churchill's first year as Britain's Prime Minister during the very start of WW II. | Erik Larson |
3/21/2020 | Jana Balle | Daring Greatly     | Brene Brown |
3/21/2020 | Helmi Banta | The Power of One     | Bryce Courtenay |
3/21/2020 | Glen Bingle | The Emperor of All Maladies     | Siddhartha Mukherjee |
3/21/2020 | Hank Wolfla | The Emperor of All Maladies     | Siddhartha Mukherjee |
3/21/2020 | Elizabeth Bowmer | The Scarlet Pimpernel     | Baroness Orczy |
3/21/2020 | Alison Brown | Being Mortal     | Atul Gowanda |
3/21/2020 | Jim Carter | On High Steel     | Mike Cherry |
3/21/2020 | Ron Creager | Soul of America     | Jon Meachem |
3/21/2020 | Bill Dick | Common Sense     | Thomas Paine |
3/21/2020 | Jim Farley | The Chouans     | Honore De Balzac |
3/21/2020 | Mary Gosling | Gentleman in Moscow     | Amor Towles |
3/21/2020 | Shivaji Gunale | Train to Lisbon     | Pachal |
3/21/2020 | Janet Harris | Kill Abbie White! Now     | C. B. Heusing |
3/21/2020 | Roger Hurwitz | The First Conspiracy     | Brad Meltzer |
3/21/2020 | Bob James | Last of the Breed     | Louis L'Amour |
3/21/2020 | Dave Knoll | Man's Search for Meaning     | Victor Frankl |
3/21/2020 | Ken Pendleton | Man's Search for Meaning     | Victor Frankl |
3/21/2020 | Benny Ko | The General     | C. Forrester |
3/21/2020 | Joanna Krauze | Without You There Is No Us     | Suki Kim |
3/21/2020 | Joanna Krauze | Educated     | Tara Westover |
3/21/2020 | Bernard Lally | Light between the Oceans     | Derek Cianfrance |
3/21/2020 | Joyce Mallette | The Last Castle     | Denige Kiernan |
3/21/2020 | Malcolm Mallette | The Complete Sherlock Holmes     | A. C. Doyle |
3/21/2020 | Reed Mann | 12 Rules for Life     | Jordan Peterson |
3/21/2020 | Larry Marcus | 1177 BC, The Year Civilization Collapsed     | Cline |
3/21/2020 | Rees Morgan | Gold Bug     | Edgar A. Poe |
3/21/2020 | Charlie Morris | The Nightingale     | Kristen Hannah |
3/21/2020 | Cindy Noe | Life After Google     | George Gilder |
3/21/2020 | Rich Peine | Legend of Prince Madoc     | Olsen |
3/21/2020 | Steven Poe | A Thief of Time     | Tony Hillerman |
3/21/2020 | John Prentice | Nudge     | Thaler & Sunstein |
3/21/2020 | Jeff Rasley | Remembrance of Things Past     | Marcel Proust |
3/21/2020 | Andrew Rattermann | The Bjlly Pulpit     | Doris Kearns Goodwin |
3/21/2020 | Linda Ray | The City of God     | Augustine of Hippo |
3/21/2020 | Linda Ray | Witness     | Whiitaker Chambers |
3/21/2020 | Bob Reed | The Bastard Brigade     | Sam Kean |
3/20/2020 | Cynthia Robinson | All the Light We Cannot See     | Anthony Doerr |
3/20/2020 | Alan Schmidt | Factfulness      | Hans Rosling |
3/20/2020 | Bob Shanley | Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek     | Annie Dillard |
3/20/2020 | James Shepherd | The Creature from Jekyll Island     | G. Edward Griffin |
3/20/2020 | Douglas Sherow | The End of the End of the Earth     | Jonathan Franzen |
3/20/2020 | Charlie Shoup | Code Girls     | Liza Mundy |
3/20/2020 | Bill Stanley | Short History of Almost Everything     | Bill Bryson |
3/20/2020 | Lou Stanley | The Moment of Lift     | Melinda Gates |
3/20/2020 | Hank Starkey | Killing Jesus     | Bill Riley |
3/20/2020 | Jim Stohler | Slaughterhouse Five     | Kurt Vonnegut |
3/20/2020 | Roz Webb | An Unnecessary Woman: A Novel     | Rabih Alameddine |
3/20/2020 | Jim Willson | I Contain Multitudes     | Ed Yong |
3/20/2020 | Larry Wilson | The Last Bus to Wisdom     | Ivan Doig |
3/20/2020 | Hank Wolfla | Stiff     | Mary Roach |
3/20/2020 | Amanda Wright | Kite Runner     | Khaued Hosseini |
3/20/2020 | Amanda Wright | Small Great Things     | Jodi Pilant |
3/20/2020 | Rober Yee | Still Life     | Louise Penny |
3/20/2020 | Jerry Zimmerman | A Man Called Intrepid     | Stevenson |
3/20/2020 | Jerry Zimmerman | Half Earth     | Wilson |
3/20/2020 | Jerry Zimmerman | Origin of the Species     | Charles Darwin |
3/20/2020 | Carol Mutter | Call Sign Chaos--Learning to Lead     | Jim Mattis & Bing West |
3/20/2020 | Jim Mutter | The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War     | Robert Coram |
3/20/2020 | Tom Nicholls | The Pioneers     | David McCullough |
3/20/2020 | Tom Nicholls | Indianapolis     | Lynn Vincent & Sara Vladic |
3/16/2020 | Tom Nicholls | The Body    Encyclopedic discussion about the various parts of the human body. Light reading, informative and interesting. | Bill Bryson |