Thanks for pointers so far. Ok, from what I've discussed with him, he has done the Bryson thing and Carl Sagan's Cosmos as well. I remember him telling that he wanted something similar to them.
Best, -- Bharat | http://twitter.com/shettyb On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Venkat Mangudi's Silk Account > <[email protected]> wrote: >> A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson is an interesting read. >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/0767908171 > > *cough* top-post *cough* > > Speaking of that book there was a good AskMefi thread about similar > books about History: > > http://ask.metafilter.com/120433/Is-there-a-book-in-the-same-vein-as-Brysons-A-Short-History-of-Nearly-Everything-only-covering-history-instead-of-science > > And AskMefi seems to have some good threads on book recommendations: > > http://www.metafilter.com/contribute/search.mefi?site=ask&q=science+book > > What is your friend's level of education wrt to Science? And exactly > what sort of book is she looking for? "Nice and interesting" are > pretty vague filters to apply on the thousands of science books out > there. > > S. > >> >> On 5/6/09, Bharat Shetty <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi *, >>> >>> A friend asked me minutes ago - "suggest to me, a nice and interesting >>> science book to read", and I was clueless on what to suggest, except >>> some science fiction. >>> >>> So venerable silk-listers, I would like to know what would have been >>> your answer, if you were asked the same question ? >>> >>> -- Bharat | http://twitter.com/shettyb >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Sent from my mobile device >> >> > > > > -- > "You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel." -- Homer J. Simpson > >
