On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday 06 May 2009 8:28:08 am Bharat Shetty 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 ? > > Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time"...I found it unputdownable. > > > Deepa. >
Also, Goedel,Escher, Bac the Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach you can't READ the book, I had (and continue) to take in bits and pieces each time....
