Saturday, February 14, 2015

To-Read

Probably the most important and expansive list of all, it is continually growing as people recommend various books for me to read. Feel free to add suggestions.

Science

  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Thomas Kuhn
Philosophy & Theology
  • Summa Theologica - St Thomas Aquinas
  • Confessions - Augustine
Fiction
  • She - Henry Rider Haggard

Articles

I try to keep abreast of new developments routinely, so these articles will come and go, but I can guarantee they will be thought-provoking and worth the read.

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2015/04/open_letter_to_dr_oz_from_phd_microbiologist_109195.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/04/21/401254790/would-doctors-be-better-if-they-didnt-have-to-memorize

http://www.nature.com/news/when-chickens-go-wild-1.19195#/free

http://www.nature.com/news/does-evolutionary-theory-need-a-rethink-1.16080

Music

Music is a great passion of mine. As such, this list can be very, very extensive. I'll try to keep that from happening, but I make no promises

Postmodern Jukebox - Taking current pop music and putting it in different eras and styles

Two Steps from Hell - Classical meets modern in the compositions by this trailer score duo. definitely worth the listen

Classical
John Rutter
John Tavener
Morten Lauridsen
(Thomas?) Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Jazz
Weather Report
Jaco Pastorius
Marcus Miller
Victor Wooten
Level 42

Rock/Metal
Pillar
Skillet
Switchfoot
Red
Thousand Foot Krutch
P.O.D.
Gloryhammer
Whitecross

Books

I love to read, so I'll try to keep this list abridged, but I guarantee nothing.

Non-Fiction

Science
  • Darwin's Black Box - Michael Behe
  • The Edge of Evolution - Michael Behe
  • Darwin's Doubt - Stephen C. Meyer
  • The Lying Stones of Marrakech - Stephen Jay Gould
History
  • Apologies, I am woefully under-read
Philosophy
  • Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder
Religion
  • The Bible
  • It's been a while since I've read in this topic, too. Sorry
Fiction
  • The Redemption of Althalus - David Eddings
  • Dune - Frank Herbert
  • The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan (& Brandon Sanderson)
  • The Fionavar Tapestry - Guy Gabriel Kay
  • Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
  • The Kingkiller Chronicles - Patrick Rothfuss
  • The Discworld Series - Terry Pratchett
  • Mistborn Trilogy - Brandon Sanderson
  • Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson
  • Chronices of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
  • The Silmarillion -J. R. R. Tolkien
  • The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
  • The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn - Tad Williams
  • Once We Were Kings - Ian Alexander
Classics
  • The Odyssey - Homer
  • The Illiad - Homer
  • The Aeneid - Virgil
  • Beowulf
  • The Epic of Gilgamesh
  • The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
  • Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
  • The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri