My Reading List from 2014

A short summary of the books I've read in 2014, some for research related to this site and other (including work) projects, some for entertainment.  This doesn't include about 100 research papers.

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Scientific & Technical

Cover	Title	Authors	ISBN
	Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration Buzz Aldrin outlines a scenario for sending humans to colonize Mars on a regular basis.  I have an autographed copy.	Buzz Aldrin, Leonard David	1426210175
	Astronomy-Inspired Atomic and Molecular Physics (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) Explorations in atomic physics inspired by solutions to problems in astrophysics. It will provide more information for my next iteration of "Cosmos in Your Pocket".	A.R. Rau	1402004672
	Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython	Wes McKinney	1449319793
	Is Mars Habitable? In 1907, Alfred Russel Wallace examines Percival Lowell's ideas of a Mars teeming with life. A fascinating examination of just how much we knew about Mars in the early 1900s.	Alfred Russel Wallace	Gutenberg.org
	Introduction to Comets (Cambridge Planetary Science) This book was one of my primary references for tracking down resources to deal with Electric Comet claims. It has also provided substantial information for some Young-Earth creationist comet claims.	John C. Brandt, Robert D. Chapman	0521004667
	Comets: A Chronological History of Observation, Science, Myth, and Folklore This book was one of my primary references for tracking down resources to deal with Electric Comet claims. It has also provided substantial information for some Young-Earth creationist comet claims.	Donald K. Yeomans	0471610119

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Pseudoscience

Cover	Title	Authors	ISBN
	Invisible Light or The Electric Theory of Creation I posted a review and analysis of this book here	George Woodward Warder

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History

Cover	Title	Authors	ISBN
	Hitler's Gift: The True Story of the Scientists Expelled by the Nazi Regime An examination of the physicists, chemists, biologists, and doctors expelled by the anti-semitic and anti-science policies of the Nazi regime. Many of these people would make dramatic scientific contributions for the United States and other Allied countries.	J. S Medawar, David Pyke	1611457092

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Book Club & Other Fiction

Cover	Title	Authors	ISBN
	Red Harvest	Dashiell Hammett	0679722610
	The Razor's Edge	W. Somerset Maugham	1400034205
	Nine Stories	J. D. Salinger	0316769509
	The Martian: A Novel Robinson Caruso on Mars, updated for the era of space-flight. Under development as a movie (The Martian).	Andy Weir	0804139024
	Ready Player One: A Novel	Ernest Cline	0307887448
	Islands of Space An early sci-fi novel of interstellar exploration.	John W. Campbell	Wikipedia