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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:34:56 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[What a refreshing take on the popular science books I usually read.  Imagine trying to get your mind around a book about the search for the logical foundations of mathematics.  Even I wouldn't want to attempt reading a book on that subject.  But what is you presented the same subject as a graphic no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78139812">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[I have read a large number of science books, mostly dealing with high energy physics and Einstein's relativity theories.  I am not a scientist so I rely on what are know as &quot;popular&quot; or non-technical books.  Still,each one has put a slightly different slant on the subject so that I have actually been able to impress my brother, a physicist at Fermilab and one of the many who were involved in the construction of the Large Hadron Collider at Cern, with my knowledge.  To see his look of surprise when I ask an intelligent question about his field is worth keeping up with developments. ]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[It's on my &quot;to read&quot; list but I keep adding to it.  I may actually get around to it soon, though.]]></body>
        
    
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