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2024 TWIS Blair’s Animal Corner Calendars On Sale Now!
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2010 TWIS Science Music Compilation Is Available!
After nearly two years of hemming and hawing, the 2010 TWIS Science Music Compilation CD is available. Get them while they're hot because supplies are limited! -
TWIS Bookclub — January — Fool Me Twice
Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America Shawn Lawrence Otto More than ever we need science to find solutions to the increasingly complex, daunting and urgent problems facing us all. At the same time, antiscience forces are ever stronger and science ever more sidelined in the thinking of citizens and politicians. In […] -
TWIS Bookclub — September — Whole Earth Discipline
Whole Earth Discipline: Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, Restored Wildlands, and Geoengineering Are Necessary Stewart Brand In September’s book, Stewart Brand argues that our best hope is a radical environmentalism that embraces urbanisation, genetic engineering, nuclear power and climate engineering. Is he right? Read the book and discuss the issues! buy from:amazon.com amazon.ca amazon.co.uk -
TWIS Bookclub – Summer 2011
Catch up with the bookclub this summer! Here’s a list of books we have read: November, 2009 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann – Biology, Anthropology December, 2009 The Canon by Natalie Angier – General Science January, 2010 The Earth After Us – What Legacy Will Humans Leave in […] -
TWIS Bookclub — June — Risk
Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear Dan Gardner Every day the media bombard us with new causes for anxiety, yet everyday life has never been safer. Why is there such a divergence between statistics and perception, and what can we do about it? Find out in June’s book! buy from:amazon.com (kindle) amazon.ca amazon.co.uk -
TWIS Bookclub — May — The Stuff of Thought
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature Steven Pinker What are the deep structures of language? What are the deep structures of thought? What insights about thought can we gain by studying language? In May’s book, Steven Pinker takes us into the heart of these questions! buy from:amazon.com amazon.ca amazon.co.uk -
TWIS Bookclub — April — The Chemistry of Life
The Chemistry of Life Steven Rose At its most fundamental level, life is chemistry. In our book for April, Steven Rose takes us on a guided tour of proteins, lipids, sugars, nucleic acids and other molecules, and explains their role in the structure and metabolism of our cells. buy from:amazon.com amazon.ca amazon.co.uk -
TWIS Bookclub — Book of the Month for March
Titan Unveiled: Saturn’s Mysterious Moon Explored Ralph Lorenz, Jacqueline Mitton On January 14, 2005, the ESA Huygens probe ended a two billion mile, seven year journey by plunging into the atmosphere of Saturn’s enigmatic moon Titan. The data it returned transformed our picture of that distant world. In March’s book, follow the story of Huygens […]