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Retired medical writer. Studied microbiology. Mostly read advance reader copies and write book reviews. No DMs.
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Physics Around the Clock
I just reviewed Physics Around the Clock by Michael Banks
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November 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
4 stars. Good biography.
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Steve's review of Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of Modern Physics
4/5: I enjoyed this book. It did well in giving the scientific context of Rutherford’s discoveries, thus being a good overall history of science. The tone is conversational with good explanations of t...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
5 stars. Great story overall. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky
Steve's review of Hell or High Winter (Holy Trinity, 1)
5/5: I enjoyed this book. The story was excellent, as was the world-building. I loved the characters. Some of the writing was very clever and worthy of re-reading. Some parts had me laughing out loud....
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November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Another great book in the Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery series. www.netgalley.com/book/741593/... #ThreeBengalKittens #NetGalley #booksky
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November 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
5 stars for this great history. www.netgalley.com/book/634388/... #TheGreatShadow #Netgalley
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The Great Shadow
I just reviewed The Great Shadow by Susan Wise Bauer
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November 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
5 stars. Lives up to its name: Short but highly informative www.netgalley.com/book/732319/... #TheShortestHistoryofScandinavia #NetGalley #booksky
The Shortest History of Scandinavia
I just reviewed The Shortest History of Scandinavia by Mart Kuldkepp
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October 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Great history of science. 5 stars. www.netgalley.com/book/741995/... #TheFirstFemaleFossilHunter #NetGalley @penswordbooks
The First Female Fossil Hunter
I just reviewed The First Female Fossil Hunter by Jayson Kowinsky
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October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Fun read. www.netgalley.com/book/705640/... #TheSomewhatWickedWitchofBrigandale #NetGalley
The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale
I just reviewed The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale by C. M. Waggoner
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October 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Great analysis.
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Steve's review of Lab Leak Fever
5/5:
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October 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Oct 05. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces
Plots of SARS-CoV-2 signal across time in Ottawa, Canada; Plots of IAV, RSV, IBV, MPOX wastewater signal across time in Ottawa, Canada;
October 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Wonderful. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #NaturalHistoryoftheWorld #NetGalley @AmberBooks
Steve's review of Natural History of the World
5/5: I loved this book. Overall the writing was great; it was crisp and conversational. It explained all the biomes very well, in clear, plain language. I fell into the trap of just reading a little m...
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October 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Great science writing. 5 stars.
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October 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Some good points. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #CrystalsCuriosityCabinet #Netgalley
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Steve's review of Crystal’s Curiosity Cabinet
3/5: Overall this book had some very good parts, including the discussion of collective nouns, Dickens' voice portraits and COVID lockdown terms. These were excellent and highly amusing. But by-and-la...
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October 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Informative and beautiful. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #HumanAnatomy #NetGalley
Steve's review of Human Anatomy
5/5: This is a great reference book for anyone interested in human anatomy. The introductions to each section and the bold summaries are very helpful. But as informative as the book is, and it is very...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Informative and beautiful. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Steve's review of World History
5/5: I enjoyed this book, especially the approach of discussing eras.The writing is crisp and clear and is not just a collection of places, names and dates. The pacing is excellent with no getting bog...
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October 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Interesting but too detailed for my taste. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... 💙📚
Steve's review of Nothing Random
3/5: I knew very little about Bennett Cerf aside from his appearances on the television show “What’s My Line” so I looked him up while watching reruns and discovered that he founded Random House. When...
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October 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
What real science says about leucovorin as an autism treatment? www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...
What real science says about leucovorin as an autism treatment?
Trump and RFK Jr promoted leucovorin as a cure for autism. However, scientific evidence does not support its efficacy for autism.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Great standalone/prequel to “Bad Magic and Whiskey”. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #ThePhantasmPrism
Steve's review of The Phantasm Prism
5/5: The “Bad Magic” series has become a great series. I loved the first book of the series “Bad Magic and Whiskey” and I equally loved “The Phantasm Prism”, its prequel but also a great standalone. T...
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September 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Great discussion of the cell beautifully illustrated www.netgalley.com/book/691099/... #Cells #NetGalley @cellsandplankton.bsky.social
Cells
I just reviewed Cells by Christian Sardet
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September 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Let's address one of the most common clapbacks I get from anti-vaxxers: "If you want a jab, just get one. What does that have to do with me?"

Let's begin. And let's use measles as an example....

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September 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Good story but fails to deliver humour.
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Steve's review of Upton Arms
3/5: The book has some strong points. It is a good look at aging and some of the character arcs are interesting, although I didn’t really like any of the characters and won’t miss them now that I’ve r...
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September 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Entertaining and informative.
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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .
I just reviewed When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . . by Steven Pinker
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September 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I learned a lot about the early history of microscopy. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... 💡📚 #booksky
Steve's review of Myriad, Microscopic and Marvellous
4/5: The book has some strong points. It was a comprehensive look at the early history of microscopy and gave a thorough accounting of van Leeuwenhoek’s role and his life. Some of the information was ...
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September 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thought-provoking. www.netgalley.com/book/696535/...
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Do Aliens Speak Physics?
I just reviewed Do Aliens Speak Physics? by Daniel Whiteson; Andy Warner
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September 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM