talking of literature and science, if you have liked the Proust book, then you might also like Alan Lightman, particularly his Einstein's Dreams http://humanistic.mit.edu/people/faculty/homepage/lightman
and of course, there is Schrodinger's original "What is Life" (the Canto edition includes Mind and Matter too) that inspired a generation of geneticists. Abraham Pais' Einstein biography "Subtle is The Lord.." although a scientific biography is beautifully written and touches upon many of the philosophical disagreements that Einstein had with Bohr. apparently when Bohr visited India in the 50s(?) at a lecture in TIFR he apparently broke down while remembering the legendary arguments with his good friend On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Deepak Jois <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:58 PM, 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. > > > > From my reading list (these books are very unlike Sagan, Bryson or > Hawking and that is why I like them): > > 1. The Fabric of Reality > > http://www.amazon.com/Fabric-Reality-Parallel-Universes-Implications/dp/014027541X > > 2. Prouse was a nueroscientist > http://www.amazon.com/Proust-Was-Neuroscientist-Jonah-Lehrer/dp/0618620109 > > 3. Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the > Soul of Science > http://www.amazon.com/Uncertainty-Einstein-Heisenberg-Struggle-Science > > Deepak > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
