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 ?
Most of the books I would have suggested have been mentioned already. The only ones that I'd add are: - The Science of Diskworld I, II and III. - Most stuff by John Gribbin - Big Bang and Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh - Prisoner's Dilemma by William Poundstone -- b
