Reviews
Monday, December 17 2012
Why Wouldn't One Hang One's Christmas Tree from the Ceiling? 'Inventing the Christmas Tree'
Bernd Brunner explores the history of the Christmas tree in an attempt to discover “What drove people to go off into the forest, chop down a tree, put it in their house, and decorate it in the first place?”
Wednesday, March 9 2011
'How I Killed Pluto' & 'Moon': Irresistible Orbits of Musings
Mike Brown's book brims with humor and charm as he describes the thrill of the hunt that compensates for all the drudge work involved in astronomy.
Wednesday, February 2 2011
'Moon': The Moon Isn't a Balloon... More's the Pity
If his own narrative voice is not wildly enthralling, Bernd Brunner at least has a knack for the anecdote juste, homing in unerringly on the important and/or entertaining in his research and telling his stories well.
Wednesday, June 22 2005
The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium by Bernd Brunner
Finding a way to keep the creatures alive made it possible for more folks, the average bourgeois, to keep a little of the sea in the front room.
