Rules for participating:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
This week, my teaser is from A Matter of Degrees by Gino Segrè. It's a science book about temperature and its affect on a range of different scientific fields. I've only read the introduction so far, but it seems quite fascinating.
Early caves have chemical evidence of wood fires from at least 200,000 years ago, the period of the transition from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens. These caves are marked by the accumulation of ashes containing minerals characteristically absorbed by trees.-p. 43
What are you reading right now? If you're between books, what are you planning to read next?
-----The Golden Eagle
17 comments:
I take it this is nonfiction? Interesting to know some of it is absorbed by trees- That could make for some interesting Fiction. :) Thanks for sharing.
I'm currently reading 'Ever After' by Kim Harrison.
I bet that is going to be an interesting read. I'm between books right now, the last one I read was emotionally draining, so I'm looking for something light and funny off the wall. :D
I'm reading On The Beach right now. Cheery stuff.
Fascinating snippet! How were these fires started!?!? How interesting!
I'm actually finally and totally reading The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath!
Take care
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Sound interesting, I'm finishing up the second in the Wheel of Time series of books... The Great Hunt, and I think my next read will be a non fiction book about the history of blood transfusions. It seems awesome to me.
Reading Lord of The Rings at the moment. Then onto, Sylvestre - In Blood There is Truth.
I'm reading Terry Pratchett's Dodger (which is much better than his previous book, The Long Earth) and Lisa Regan's Finding Claire Fletcher, a first-rate thriller!
Sounds interesting indeed, inbetween at the moment, who knows what will pop up next.
I'm reading Bleak House by Dickens. It may take me quite some time to finish.
Wow, you certainly read something interesting stuff.
I just started a Hammer's Slammers book but I don't have it with me at work
I'm reading The Sense of an ending -- slow, but beautiful, going so far.
Want an excerpt from one of my sociology papers or my linguistics's textbook?
No?
Didn't think so. :P
How fascinating. You always post the most interesting books. I've been watching a lot of Science Channel lately. I think my brain is in need of a book like that.
Summer: Yup, non-fiction. :)
You're welcome!
Elise: I usually feel like reading something funny after a particularly serious book, too.
JeffO: I take it that's sarcasm there . . . LOL.
Old Kitty: I've never read anything by Sylvia Plath. What do you think of her book?
Rusty: That's an interesting concept for a book. Didn't a lot of people die from early blood transfusions because doctors didn't understand ABO blood types?
Wendy: LOTR--there's a classic book/series.
Nick: I have got to read that book sometime.
Pat: I love unexpected reads. Those can be fun.
Mooderino: Interesting! Why "quite some time"? Is it long?
Petty Witter: Thanks. :)
Charles: Hammer's Slammers--sounds like there's a lot of action.
Damyanti: It sounds like a sad story!
DWei: Hey, I wouldn't mind an except from either of those. I like textbooks. :P
Christine: Glad you like the books I post about--maybe you'd enjoy A Matter of Degrees!
Human history is truly fascinating and amazing to think of how long amo our ancestors were using fire. Sounds liken interesting book. I've just finished Ross macDonald's The Galton Case, a detective story published in 1950.
Golden - to answer your question... Yes, yes they did. But there were a lot of bizarre notions regarding blood (and still are). Fascinating read.
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