Category: Science & Math
Summer Reading 2022 July!
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2022/07/01/summer-reading-2022-july/
Summer 2022 is all about Fairfield! What do you love about your town? How can you share your story? Learn something new, get creative, and have fun while earning points toward our community goal! We challenge Fairfielders of all ages to reach 1 million...
The Fear Index
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2013/02/14/the-fear-index/
Title: The Fear Index Author: Robert Harris Publisher: Knopf, 2012 Summary/Review: If you like to read about the stock market,financial markets worldwide, and are concerned about the gyrations in the markets caused by computers using mathematical formulas for lightning fast trades (Remember the flash...
Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/09/13/four-fish-the-future-of-the-last-wild-food/
Title: Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food Author: Paul Greenberg Publisher: Penguin Group, July 2010 Summary: The title refers to four types of fish popular for consumption: salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna. I found this book to be very well-written and...
Logicomix
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/02/02/logicomix/
Title: Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth Author: Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papademitriou Publisher: Bloomsbury, September 2009 Summary: Bertrand Russell, mathematician, philosopher, pacifist and lightning rod, was one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. This ambitious graphic biography focuses equally on his turbulent personal life and...
Brain Rules
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/08/25/brain-rules/
Title: Brain Rules Author: John Medina Publisher: Pear Press, March 2008 Summary: “If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a classroom. If you wanted to...