BOOKS

9/30/1998

BIOLOGY:

Natalie Angier, The Beauty of the Beastly, 1995, 278p ($12.95) - EXCELLENT, highly recommended, speaks right to the high school level.
William Ashworth, The Economy of Nature, 1995, 340p (22.95) - "Rethinking the connections between ecology and economics". Basically good ecology is good economics and vice versa.
Fritjof Capra, The Web of Life, 1996, 347p ($23.95) - systems theory, deep ecology, chaos theory. Appears to be a good understanding of where science is going?
Hoagland and Dodson, The Way Life Works, 1995, 233p ($35.00) - really explains molecular biology with lots of great illustrations.
Christian de Duve, Vital Dust, 1995, 362p ($25.00 though I got this book heavily discounted) - from dust to the present, how chemistry and life evolved.
Scott Gilbert, Developmental Biology, 5 th Edition, 1997, 918p, $65 - previous editions have been excellent.
Gerhart & Kirschner, Cells, Embryos, and Evolution, 1997, 642p, $65 - EXCELLENT
Bart Kosko, Fuzzy Thinking, 1993, 318p, $? - not biology per se, but shows the "shades of grey" in out existence and how numbers are not always the answer for describing and interpreting life.
Sidney Leibes, Elisabet Sahtouris, & Brian Swimme, A Walk Through Time, 1998, 223 pages, $30 - excellent look at the evolution of the geo and biospheres on earth. VERY visual.
John A. Moore, Science as a Way of Knowing, 1993, 530p ($38.50) - good resource for teachers
Clive Ponting, A Green History of the World, 1991, 430p ($12.95) - the rise and fall of civilizations from an ecological perspective.
Gilbert & Raunio, Embryology, Constructing the Organism, June 1997, 550p, $70 - This book should be excellent, based on their past work and the flyer sent out.
Lewis Thomas, Lives of the Cell
Mary S. Tyler, Developmental Biology, A Guide for Experimental Study, 1994, 168p, $25 paper - designed for college students, but much can be gained even for the high school level.
Peter Ward, The End of Evolution, 1994, 301p ($12.95) - are humans going to be the cause of the next great extinction, similar to the one that killed all the dinosaurs?

ILLUSTRATION

Betty Edwards Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, 254p, ($14 )
Phyllis Wood, Scientific Illustration, 148p

WRITING

Joseph C. Mancuso, Mastering Technical Writing, 250p

INTERNET:

Creating Web Pages for Dummies by Smith and Bebak, 337p ($24.99) - average to advanced student or an adult
The Internet for Dummies by Levine, Baroundi and Young, 374p ($19.95) - average student or parent
Creating Web Pages Simplified by MaranGraphics, 1996, 225p ($24.99) - highly visual, excellent for student who might be intimidated by a more technical looking book.
Using HTML 3.2 by Todd Stauffer, 1996, 174p ($24.95) - this is good for a text for the average ability student with access to a computer.
Computers Simplified by MaranGraphics, 1995, 211p ($19.99) - highly visual, excellent for student who has not had much access to computers
Java for Dummies by Walsh, 365p ($24.99) - very advanced

For Parents: (and possibly teachers)

Take Charge Computing, for Teens & Parents by Pam Dixon, 1996, 351p ($24.99) - lots of help for parents for students 12-20, from the web to software to lock out programs
Cyberspeak, on Online Dictionary by Ihnatko, 218p ($12.95) - glossary of all of the terms likely to be encountered in computers and on the internet
The Family PC Guide to Homework by Keizer, 311p ($24.95) - how to use the computer to help with homework in all subjects
The Family PC Guide to Cool PC Projects by Mead, 310p ($24.95) - this may be a good book to get an otherwise uninterested child interested in computers, or a parent to help "justify" their computer "lust."
Great Software for Kids and Parents by Miranker, Elliott, 361p ($24.99) - for ages 2-12, added for completeness
The Ultimate Online Homework Helper by Salzman and Pandiscio, 212p ($5.99) - how to use the internet to help with homework
Every Family's Guide to Computers by Winston Steward, 1995, 365p ($19.95) - two years is a long time in computers, the other books may be better.

For Teachers: (and possibly parents)

Educator's Guide to the Web by Robin, Keeler, Miller,1997, 409p ($19.95) - an essential guide to teachers form searching, to managing, to web pages for students

Free Reading Non-Fiction:

Being Digital by Nicholas Negroponte, 1995, 255p ($12.00) - understanding what the digital world is and where it is going.
Silicon Snake Oil by Clifford Stoll, 1995, 249p ($14.00) - the other side of the coin. Do we really need computers? Good to read to keep the digital world in perspective.

Free Reading, Magazines:

FamilyPC, Ziff Davis, $2.99, monthly - a "safe" magazine that can only help, but will ask the "hard questions." see web site - www.familypc.com
Computer Gaming World, $7.99, monthly - CDRom included with "previews". Death and destruction, but the stuff our kids are doing. Check out a copy to scare you!
Wired, $4.95, monthly - THE internet magazine, on line version available, www.hotwired.com Not all material may be suitable for younger kids. Great for "thinking" minds. May be best used as a supplement to a web class with teacher picking out the articles.

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