Thomas A. Miller

Dr. Miller is participating in National Insect Week as part of the Royal Entomological Society activities in Britain. He will post blogs during, before and after NIW of 21-27June 2010. http://blogs.nationalinsectweek.co.uk/ http://blogs.nationalinsectweek.co.uk/tommiller/

A rouge economist explores the hidden side of everything. 2005 by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Both of these books (Freakonomics and Collapse) deal with very slow or subtle changes and why the effects are disconnected from the cause making it very difficult to analyze or make corrections to avoid disaster.

the fates of human societies, 1997 by Jared M. Diamond, W. W. Norton, New York . This classic treatment explains how disease causing organisms are carried by immigrants into pristine environments to cause devastation. It is as pertinent at SARS and the next flu epidemic.

How societies choose to fail or succeed, 2005 by Jared M. Diamond, The Penguin Group, New York. Examination of the cause of failure of certain civilizations or groups of settlers including Mayan and Anasazi native Americans, the Viking settlement of Greenland and the survival of others including Viking settlement of Iceland. Although weather plays a role, a recurring [...]

Polarization, fracturing, and our future, 2005 by Juan Enriquez, Crown Publishers, New York. Bob Staten told me about this book. He said it is a collection of statements instead of prose and instead of expecting to be bored quickly; it kept his attention on long airline flights. I had to agree; it is very captivating reading. He [...]