just a quick, random one, not in any particular order) _ One, Two Three Infinity by George Gamow (or even his Mr. Tompkins books) _ On Being the Right Size and other essays by JBS Haldane _ Any Oliver Sacks Book (my favorite is Uncle Tungsten - memories of a chemical boyhood) _ Any Stephen Jay Gould ( Full House, The Panda's Thumb, Wonderful Life etc) _ The Man who loved Only Numbers (biography of the mathematician Paul Erdos)
abhishek On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Venkatesh Hariharan <[email protected]>wrote: > Surely, you are joking, Mr. Feynman by Richard Feynman. > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:28 AM, 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 > > > > > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
