In our era of (what we consider to be) highly advanced forensics and criminal investigations, it’s sometimes difficult to remember that even in a relatively short time past, much of our modern forensics was still very much in its infancy.  In Stolen From the Garden, author William Swanson reopens some old wounds by revisiting a… Continue reading

Rod Pyle’s Innovation the NASA Way is a very successful book on two levels. First, this is a very nice summary of NASA’s history, hitting the highlights (Gemini, Apollo, Voyager, Skylab, ISS, Space Shuttle, etc) — the successes — and touching briefly on the catastrophic failures.  You could certainly write volumes on any one of… Continue reading