Natural Selection

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent. but the ones most responsive to change”

This quote could apply as easily to Burning Man and the Burning Library as it does to the theory of natural selection. 

As a complement to Burning Man 2009’s Evolution theme, Alex from Toronto has added Charles Darwin’s The Origin of the Species to the collection. In addition, he is also contributing Noam Chomsky’s What Uncle Sam Really Wants and Thomas S. Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. As always, you can check out the full collection on LibraryThing.

The most exciting news of all is that Alex himself will be joining us at Burning Man! So keep an eye out for this Natural Librarian as he strolls the sandy streets of Black Rock City.

FaceBook for Book Nerds!

Today, the Burning Library was thrilled to receive the first three donations of 2009.

Thanks to Jenn in Halifax, we are excited to add Douglas Coupland’s Miss Wyoming, DBC Pierre’s Ludmila’s Broken English, and Jane Austen’s Persuasion to the collection. You can follow the growing catalogue by checking out our LibraryThing account.

The Burning Library on LibraryThing

LibraryThing makes it easy to catalogue your library collection, and compare it to someone else’s. It’s a bit like Facebook for book nerds, with less advertising and more references to Tolkien. If you already have a LibraryThing account, add us as a friend! Our username is ‘burninglibrary’.