JOHN SHEPHERD's HOME PAGE
Brief
Bio
Astronomy, Science, Good Books and Music
Updated September 19, 2008
At his Ham Radio
With his vintage Quantum Maksutov
Why are we interested in Astronomy?
Typical
quotations from some "astronomers"
Some Interesting Books:
Unsold, A., Baschek, B., The New Cosmos, Springer-Verlag 1991,
4th ed.
Arp, Halton; Quasars, Redshifts and Controversies, Insteller Media, 1987
Arp, Halton; Seeing Red: Redshifts, Cosmology, and Academic Science,
Apeiton, 1998
Bernstein, Peter L., Against the Gods - the Remarkable Story of Risk,
Wiley 1996
Contopoulos, G., Kotsakis, D.; Cosmology, Springer-Verlag 1987
Dawkins, Richard, The Selfish Gene, Granada 1978
Dawkins, Richard, The Ancestor's Tale, Weidenfield and Nicolson, 2004
Dennett, Daniel C., Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Smon & Schuster, 1995
Dennett, Daniel C., Breaking the Spell, VIKING Penguin, 2006
Wright, Robert, The Moral Animal", Vintage Books, 1994
Loesser, Arthur, Men, Women and Pianos, Simon & Schuster, 1954
Lee, M. Owen, First Intermissions, Oxford University Press, 1995
Lee, M. Owen, A Season of Opera, University of Toronto Press, 1998
Levitt, Steven D., and Dubner, Stephen J, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explors the Hidden Side of Everything, Morrow, 2005
Sagan, Carl and Druyan, Ann, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Ballantine
1992
Some Great Music:
A list of 200 excellent classical recordings
Recent Photos:
Hiking in Tuscany - May 20 - 27, 2005
Three days in Rome - May 27 - 31, 2005, 2005
Lindsay and Remi - Wedding - June 25, 2005
Trip to Burns' Ranch June 23 - 29, 2005
Nortown Powerpoint Presentation Dec 2, 2005
Presentation Notes
Interesting Links:
Doug Clapp's Home Page
Walter MacDonald's Home Page
North York Astronomical Association
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
"Galilean
Electrodynamics" Home Page
A
Cumulative Index to "Galilean Electrodynamics" (1990 to 2007)
The Philosophy of Dan Dennett
John M. Shepherd
66 Heath St. East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4T 1S3
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