I Read Many Things

Tag: Astronomy

  • Cosmos, by Carl Sagan

    By now you’ve figured out that I really enjoy the work of science communicators. The teacher in me appreciates how some experts manage to explain complex subjects in a clear and accessible vocabulary. For a lot of people, the term science communicator is synonymous with Carl Sagan, who delighted the generation before mine with the…

  • The Book of the Moon : A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor, by Maggie Aderin-Pocock

    By now, anyone who knows me even a little understands that I have a deep passion for most sciences, especially physics and astronomy in the past couple of years. It seems like every time I come across a science book that looks remotely interesting, I’ll be tempted. And now it’s much worse since I have…

  • Le mouvement des planètes, le cours perdu de Richard Feynman, par David Goodstein & Judith Goodstein

    Les friands de physique et d’astronomie n’ont pas besoin qu’un géant comme Richard Feynman soit introduit. De mon côté, bien que je possède aucune formation officielle en physique (à l’exception d’un cours d’introduction à l’école secondaire et un autre au Cégep), c’est un domaine qui me fascine particulièrement depuis de nombreuses années et j’ai pu…