2008 Reading

Some ages ago, prompted by others who talked about their reading logs, I started keeping one myself. Below are some of the better, or more interesting, or just strike my amusement, of my reading in 2008. Not counting work-related reading and other things I don't count, something like 118 books in 2008. Somewhere around my long-term average. I've bolded the books that are more relevant to the blog.

Math:
Number Theory, George E. Andrews
Lady Luck, Warren Weaver (re-read)
A Mathematician's Apology, G. H. Hardy

On Doing Science:
Creationism's Trojan Horse, Barbara Forrest and Paul R. Gross
The Devil in Dover, Lauri Lebo
Only a Theory, Kenneth R. Miller

Glaciology:
The Ice Finders, Edmund Blair Bolles


Literature:
The Voyage of Argo, Apollonius of Rhodes
Jitney, August Wilson (play)

History:
Charlemagne: A biography, Derek Wilson

Running:
Running Strong and Injury Free, Janet S. Hamilton
Run Strong, Kevin Beck, ed.
Hidden Cuases of Injury, Prevention and Correction for Running Athletes and Joggers, John Jesse

Fiction:
Good Omens, Neil Gaiman + Terry Pratchett (re-read)

Language:
A History of Language, Steven Roger Fischer
The First Word, Catherine Kenneally