Spineless Wonders: Strange Tales from the Invertebrate World Review

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(More customer reviews)Forget Jack Hannah and his media sound bites which teach you absolutelynothing about other species. This book is a must read for anyone who reallywants to learn more about some of the most misunderstood and hatedcreatures on our planet.Easy to read, entertaining and educational,Richard Conniff spins tales guaranteed to shed new light on theinvertebrate world and can be read and appreciated by young and oldalike.
Recently I was fortunate enough to spend some time interviewingthis talented author and was fascinated with his insight and true depth offeeling for the planet.It is a shame that the media suffers from tunnelvision when it comes to teaching the public about animals.Over and overwe are presented with the same information about the same animals whichlimits our understanding of the importance of bio-diversity.RichardConniff has worked for both the Discovery Channel and National Geographicand has travelled extensively, and with "Spineless Wonders" andhis latest work "Every Creeping Thing" he has achieved what manystrive for but very few accomplish.
Hats off to Mr. Conniff and if thosetalk shows had any sense they would book you immediately and discover whatI already have, that you are an incredible resource for information aboutthe relationships between humans and other species

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Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software Review

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(More customer reviews)This book attempts to explain artificial intelligence in terms of how ant colonies, cities, and modern software operate.If it seems to have the feel of a magazine article, it's because it's not written by a professional in the field but by a professional writer who is a frequent contributor to trendy, popular publications such as Feed and Wired.Although it did not give me the understanding I was looking for about emergence theory, I would not dismiss it completely because it does have a lot of interesting information, as any good magazine article would.It has an overview of Jane Jacobs new urbanism that is both complete and illustrating, it explains how an intelligent kind of feedback makes some web sites successful as virtual communities, and what I found most interesting, how video games are evolving in ways that seem to give them a life of their own.If you are looking for an insightful, deep look at artificial intelligence for the layman, Douglas Hofstadter's "Godel Escher Bach" is still unchallenged.On the other hand if you are looking for a more relaxed, amusing and down to earth approach, filled with cool stuff you can impress your friends with, this book is for you.

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