Delve into Discoveries
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This book goes in-depth about the experiences of Europe's bravest explorers.
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They are exploring the world around around them. For a Natural Scientist my joy knows no bounds.  Their libraries will grow mysterious as I hear mention of "How do those" or "What the blueblazes" and simple whys.
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If you are interested in science, you will love this book. The writing style is interesting and engaging, like reading an interesting novel. Each area of science is explored from its most basic beginnings to the mid 1970's. In each branch of science it can be seen how one discovery provides the foundation for the next. People who made discoveries are mentioned, their contribution and its significance considered. Nobel prizes earned are also mentioned. If you are interested in a well written history of science, this is the book for you.
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A tome worth browsing through for there are gems to be found here
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Fascinating and enlightening. It might be helpful to include a glossary of less familiar words for better understanding and appreciation. Well written.
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What a cool book for geography and history lovers! My world of geography has widened immensely. I have always loved maps, but this book shows how much more there is to that subject. If I wanted to know more about a region such as Antarctica, I could dive into that chapter. If I wanted to know more about explorers such as Lewis and Clark, I could learn more about them. I can also study events and innovations. The book is fascinating and very educational for a layperson such as myself!
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This recent purchase joins a collection I started some years ago.  It is a blessing to be able to view, at one's leisure, the "real" New Orleans that tourists might miss if they're not really curious and willing to venture out into lesser known neighborhoods.  Curiosity is all you need and an insatiable itch to find hidden treasures that disappear generation after generation as people and places slowly become homogeneous and sterile and like all other kitschy, safe tourist traps found in anytown USA.  A real treat to be exposed to a real genius blessed with eyes drawn to unearthing hidden treasures.
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What fun! The Atlas Obscura provides hours of curious browsing.

The authors and editors have done a delightful job of presenting interesting places and their stories. It's well-written, well-illustrated and fun to read.
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The author takes you into some of the most remote areas of the world to describe some of the rarest animals in the world and their remaining habitat.  He also introduces you to some of the biologists and other scientists who are studying and recording them, and trying to discover ways for them to cohabit this world with us.
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An easy read considering the topic. I look forward to reading about more discoveries in the Mystery of Life.
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I really enjoyed this book.  It peaked my curiosity and made me want to learn more about the topic.  I love the color pictures.  The few errors or omissions are not important to me.  Any book that encourages further inquiry is a success.  I had seen a segment on the history channel, discussing an expedition and it was fun to revisit the sites and to see photos not seen in the video.  It is a shame that the site is closed because of raging wars.
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Places that can be of interest and value! Had one not had the finds in this book, a trip to The Chez Republic would have been more difficult
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For 37 years now Mr Reymo is walking the same one-mile path between his house in North Easton, near Boston, and his workplace, the Stonehill College, back and forth, nearly everyday. And he uses precisely this short path as starting point to his exploration of the miracles of Nature.

First he emphasizes on things he notices along his way (like the river, the forest, the rocky ground, animals, fossils, and so on) to make you aware of the all-abounding, but often overlooked, wonders that surround you. And then he gives scientific, but very readable, explanations of why these things are they way they are or where they came from. His elaborations cover multiple themes like biology, botany, astronomy and anthropology. To only name a few.

But what makes this book so intriguing is especially the fact that he focuses on little, simple, everyday things and then shows how they fit in the greater frame. It makes you curious and want to just start exploring your own backyard. And you will definitely see it with other eyes!
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This book is beautiful! The pages are thick. The information is fascinating and draws you in. Every time I open it, I find something new that I have missed.
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You have gone on trips with Jasper Burns before.  He's shown you the trilobite torqued by West Virgnia limestone or splintered in Pennsylvania shale.  You've walked with him scanning for sharks teeth along the Chesapeake and Potomac shores.

In Fossil Dreams, Mr. Burns takes you on a new journey.  You're not quite sure as he explains the mystery of this new tour, this new way of looking at things.  But his pictures of fossils are familiar and reassuring.  They are what you've discovered in the rocks before and what you hold your hope of discovering next time out.

You find yourself in the ancient seas, at the dawn of time.  You find yourself at play with creatures that fill those long away places.  You are lost in the wonder of this creation.  You are humbled as a creature in that creation.

That wonder carries you through sun-baked days in the shale pit in search of the perfect brach ... and through the icy chill as you wade in January waves in search for the evasive meg tooth.

And Mr. Burns is right.  It's not just about what you find, the collection you are building.  It's about what you might find.  It's about the hunt.  It's about the anticipation.  About fulfilling a part of your own ... fossil dream.
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The author presents a tremendously interesting perspective about the nature of mind and memory. After reading Bergson and Sheldrake, I was looking for new authors that might help fill in the puzzle about the mind and the how and why of its functioning. This book quite tangential to the normal scientific mode of thought. It is not that there isn't scientific basis for the perspective (the author explains his reasoning) but rather the approach and perspective cannot and will not be found in standard scientific texts. This book is for explorers. People who are searching for an understanding of the deeper nature of Nature and thought. It will seem wonderful in its insights for explorers and rather disconcerting for those who are content with the current scientific thinking. If you are open and searching then this book has some wonderfully new ideas that may help you in your exploration.
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So, the world is in a bit of a state at the moment, and there's nothing you can do about it, right? As the saying goes, those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Pretty obviously we're making the same mistakes over and over so perhaps it's about time to dig a bit deeper and find out 'what the devil' is really going on.

Well this book is the place to go. It's not the easiest to digest, as it contains so much material, and races through so many new concepts, and introduces a lot of revolutionary ideas. Its impossible to absorb it all first time around, however exciting it might be. Its the kind of book that always reveals something new when revisited. This is the mother of all 'treasure hunts' across history and mythology, spanning all kinds of disciplines from archaology to brain chemistry to politics. This is no 'Da Vinci Code' though, it is a serious and dedicated study, in which every line of investigation is subject to exhaustive examination. If you are naturally curious about the world we live in, this book opens up many more questions, and avenues to be explored. Once you are hooked, there's no way out. Certainly, my view of the world will never be the same again.