Entropy Book Reviews

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Score-5 = -5 (Not Recommended) Score+5 = +5 (Highly Recommended)

Biological Sciences and Medicine

Short Protocols in Molecular Biology, 4th ed. Score+5
The Dimensional Structure of Consciousness Score+4
Biohazard Score+4
The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins, 2nd ed. Score+5
Fundamental Virology Score+5
Anthrax: The Investigation of a Deadly Outbreak Score+3
Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC Score+1
The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory Score+4
Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide Score+1
Natural toxicants in food Score+1
Medical aspects of chemical and biological warfare Score+5
Brain drug targeting: The future of brain drug development Score+5
The Neurobiology of Autism Score+2
Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases Score+4
Migraine and Headache Pathophysiology Score+3
Brain Lipids and Disorders in Biological Psychiatry Score+3
Neurotoxic Factors in Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders Score+3
Biological Espionage Score-5
Neurological Disorders in Famous Artists Score+2
Tree books Score-2 to Score+4
The Athletic Musician: A Guide to Playing Without Pain Score+3
Neurology and Trauma, 2nd ed. Score-1
Communication in Plants Score+1
Neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease, 3rd ed. (Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Series) Score+5
Psychoacoustics: Facts and Models, 3rd ed. Score+4
Tinnitus: Pathophysiology and Treatment Score+4
The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder Score+2
TThe Myth of Mental Illness by Thomas S. Szasz Score+4

Physical Sciences

Information Theory and Quantum Physics: Physical Foundations for Understanding the Conscious Process Score+5
Physical Origins of Time Asymmetry Score+5
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information Score+5
The Physics of Quantum Information Score+5
Quantum mechanics textbooks Score+2
Decoherence and Quantum Measurements Score+3
Decoherence and the Appearance of a Classical World in Quantum Theory Score+5
Acoustical Oceanography Score+4
Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Spectroscopy of Solids Score+4
High-Sensitivity Radio Astronomy Score-1
Mind, Matter and Quantum Mechanics Score+3
Mindful Universe: Quantum Mechanics and the Participating Observer by Henry P. Stapp Score+2
Architectural Acoustics by Marshall Long Score+4
Sound Images of the Ocean in Research and Monitoring Score+4

Chemistry

Introduction to Bioanalytical Sensors Score+4
Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry Score+4
Functional Organic and Polymeric Materials: Molecular Functionality - Macroscopic Reality Score+4
Principles and Practice of Biological Mass Spectrometry Score+4
Interpreting Protein Mass Spectra Score+1
Chemistry of Energetic Materials Score+4
The Chemistry of Explosives Score+2
Dead Ends and Detours: Direct Ways to Successful Total Synthesis Score+3
Biotransformations in Organic Chemistry, 5th edition Score+3
Enzymes in Synthetic Organic Chemistry Score+2
Chemistry of Peptide Synthesis Score+2
Thermal Decomposition and Combustion of Explosives and Propellants Score+4
Vogel's Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, 5th ed. Score+5
Terpenes: Flavors, Fragrances, Pharmaca, Pheromones Score+3
Plant Secondary Metabolites: Occurrence, Structure and Role in the Human Diet Score+4
LC/MS: A Practical User's Guide Score-1

Metallurgy

Welder's Handbook: A Complete Guide to MIG, TIG, Arc & Oxyacetylene Welding Score+3
Practical Metallurgy and Materials of Industry, 6th ed. Score-3
Machining, Metallurgy, and Metalworking Books Score+3 to Score+5

Language

Japanese: The Spoken Language Score+1
Japanese-English dictionaries Score+5
The Compact Oxford English Dictionary Score+2
NTC's Dictionary of Japan's Cultural Code Words Score+3
The World's Major Languages Score+4
Standard Arabic: An elementary-intermediate course Score-1
American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America Score+2
Living Language Ultimate Italian Score+5
Writing Style Books Score-5 to Score+5
English Language Books Score-4 to Score+3

Law

Prosser and Keeton on Torts, 5th ed. Score+5

Computers

Hacking Exposed Score+4
Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst's Handbook Score+4
Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols, 2nd ed. Score+5
Hacking Linux Exposed Score-5
Intrusion Signatures and Analysis Score-5
Counter Hack: a Step by Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses Score+4
CGI Programming With Perl Score+3
Building Linux Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) Score-3
Cisco Access Lists Field Guide Score-2
Cisco Cookbook Score+4
Microcontroller books Score-4 to Score+5
Digital Electronics: A Practical Approach Score+4
Wireless Hacks, 2nd Edition Score+2
Data Analysis and Graphics Using R Score-1
Silence on the Wire by Michal Zalewski Score+2
Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering Score+5
CSS Books Score-4 to Score+5
The Tao of Network Security Monitoring Score+1

Culture and Entertainment

What would Machiavelli do? Score+5
Parallel Botany Score+5
Non Campus Mentis Score+5
The Time Travel Handbook: A Manual of Practical Teleportation and Time Travel Score+3
The Divine Comedy Score+5
Fundamentals of Piano Practice, 2nd Edition Score+4
Piano books
CD Sheet Music: Bach Score+4
Worst-Case Scenario Handbooks Score+3
Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music Score+1
Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-Century Music, 3rd ed. Score+5
The Life and Death of Classical Music Featuring the 100 Best and 20 Worst Recordings Ever Made Score-2
Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry Score+5
Phaic Tan: Sunstroke on a Shoestring Score+5
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Culture by Roger Scruton Score+4
Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America Score+1

Fiction

Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon Score+4

Politics and Foreign Affairs

P.C., M.D. Score+2
The Redneck Manifesto Score+3
Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science Score-5
Incorrect Thoughts: Notes on Our Wayward Culture Score+2
Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science Score+5
A Durable Peace: Israel and its Place Among the Nations Score+1
Saddam's Bombmaker Score+4
Fighting Terrorism by Benjamin Netanyahu Score+3
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Score-1
Does America Need a Foreign Policy? by Henry Kissinger Score+4
Seeds of Fire: China and the Story Behind the Attack on America Score-4
Uncivil Wars: The Controversy Over Reparations for Slavery Score+5
Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right by Ann Coulter Score+5
Experiments Against Reality: The fate of culture in the postmodern age Score+3
Appeasement in International Politics Score+1
Why the Left Hates America Score-4
The Face of the Tiger by Mark Steyn Score+5
Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism by Ann Coulter Score+3
Anti-Americanism by Jean-Francois Revel Score+4
The Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy Score+1
Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis Score+2
Hoodwinked: How Intellectual Hucksters Have Hijacked American Culture Score+1
Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild Score+2
The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity Score+3
The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America Score+1
The Force of Reason by Oriana Fallaci Score+5
Oriana Fallaci intervista se stessa / L'Apocalisse by Oriana Fallaci Score+4
Godless: The Church of Liberalism by Ann Coulter Score+4
America Alone by Mark Steyn Score+3
Menace in Europe by Claire Berlinski Score+2
Vile France: Fear, Duplicity, Cowardice, and Cheese Score+4
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Score-3
Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't Score+4
World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism by Norman Podhoretz Score+3
If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann Coulter Score+1
Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government by P. J. O'Rourke Score+3
The Age of American Unreason Score-5

Economics

The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Modern European Thought Score+4
The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek Score+3
The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism by F. A. Hayek Score+5

History

A History of the Arabic Peoples Score-2
A History of Islamic Societies Score+5
Atlas of the North American Indian Score-4
Jihad in the West: Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centuries Score+5
A history of inner Asia Score+4
India: A History Score+4
Europe: A History Score+5
Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces Score+5
Booknotes: Stories from American History Score-5
What If: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been Score+4
The British Empire 1558-1995, 2nd Ed. by T. O. Lloyd Score+4
The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power Score+4
The Idea of Decline in Western History Score+2
The Oxford History of the American People by Samuel Eliot Morison Score+5
Witness by Whittaker Chambers Score+2

Radar and Communications

Naval Shipboard Communications Systems Score-2
Electronic Warfare in the Information Age Score+5
Advanced techniques for digital receivers Score+4
Photonic Aspects of Modern Radar Score+4
Introduction to Communication Electronic Warfare Systems Score+4
Modern Communications Jamming Principles and Techniques Score+4
Antenna books Score+1 to Score+5
Digital Frequency Synthesis Demystified Score+2
High-Power Microwave Sources and Technologies Score+3
Very Low Frequency Phenomena Score-3
Design and Fabrication of Acousto-Optic Devices Score+4
The Art of Electronics Score+5
Modern Receiver Front-Ends: Systems, Circuits, and Integration Score+3
Detecting and Classifying Low Probability of Intercept Radar Score+5
Electronic Intelligence: The Analysis of Radar Signals Score+2
Microwave engineering books Score+3
RF and Baseband Techniques for Software Defined Radio Score+1

General Science

Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower Score-2
Building Scientific Apparatus: A Practical Guide to Design and Construction Score-4
The Scientist as Rebel by Freeman Dyson Score+3
A Many-Colored Glass: Reflections on the Place of Life in the Universe by Freeman Dyson Score+4

Environmental Science

The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World Score+5
The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air about Global Warming Score+3
Meltdown: The predictable distortion of global warming by scientists, politicians, and the media Score+3
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Score+2

Philosophy and Religion

Vedic Physics Score-3
Books on Gnosticism
The Science of God Score-3
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins Score-5
Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science Score+2
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor Score+3
Contemporary Debates in Metaphysics Score-5
Between Naturalism and Religion by Jurgen Habermas Score+1

Miscellaneous Non-Fiction

Body of Secrets Score+5
Emerging Viruses Score-5
Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden Score+1
The Psychic Battlefield Score+2
The Complete Book of Locks and Locksmithing, 6th ed. Score+4
Chemical Process Safety: Learning from Case Histories Score+3
Ceramic tile books Score+2 to Score+4
Practical Electrical Wiring, 19th Edition: Residential, Farm, Commercial & Industrial Score+3
SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea Score+5
Rhetoric and argumentation books Score-3 to Score+3
Dispelling Chemical Engineering Myths, 3rd ed. by Trevor Kletz Score+4
Home repair books Score-2 to Score+4

Military and Military Technology

Worldwide chemical detection equipment handbook Score-4
Strategy by B.H.Liddell Hart Score+4
Decrypted Secrets: Methods and Maxims of Cryptology by F. L. Bauer Score+4
The Technological Arsenal: Emerging Defense Capabilities Score-1
Tactical Missile Warheads Score+5
War Before Civilization Score+5
Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle Score+3

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