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The Periodic Table by Primo Levi The Periodic Table Levi, Primo
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 read, biography, book-club, chemistry 2018/01/01 2018/01/31 Betsy 2017/11/19 view activity »
Birth of a Theorem by Cédric Villani Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure Villani, Cédric
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 to-read, biography, mathematics     Betsy 2017/01/19 view activity »
What Mad Pursuit by Francis Crick What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery Crick, Francis
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 to-read, biography     Betsy 2017/01/19 view activity »
Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin Voyage of the Beagle Darwin, Charles
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 to-read, biography     Betsy 2017/01/19 view activity »
An Appetite for Wonder by Richard Dawkins An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist Dawkins, Richard *
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 to-read, biography     Betsy 2017/01/19 view activity »
Endless Frontier by G. Pascal Zachary Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century Zachary, G. Pascal
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 to-read, biography, science-policy     Betsy 2016/07/24 view activity »
Rocket Girl by George D. Morgan Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist Morgan, George D.
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 to-read, biography, science-history     Betsy 2016/05/24 view activity »
The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World Wulf, Andrea
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 read, biography, book-club, ecology, science-history 2016/05/01 2016/05/31 Betsy 2016/01/21 view activity »
The Man Who Found Time by Jack Repcheck The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of Earth's Antiquity Repcheck, Jack
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 to-read, biography, geology, science-history     Betsy 2014/07/20 view activity »
Brave Genius by Sean B. Carroll Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize Carroll, Sean B.
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 to-read, biography     Betsy 2014/07/18 view activity »
The Philosophical Breakfast Club by Laura J. Snyder The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World Snyder, Laura J. *
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 read, biography, book-club, science-history 2015/03/01 2015/03/31 Betsy 2014/06/25 view activity »
Strange Beauty by George Johnson Strange Beauty: Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics Johnson, George
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 to-read, biography, physics, science-history     Betsy 2014/03/20 view activity »
Jurassic Mary by Patricia Pierce Jurassic Mary: Mary Anning and the primeval monsters Pierce, Patricia
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 to-read, biography, paleontology     Betsy 2014/01/20 view activity »
My Brief History by Stephen Hawking My Brief History Hawking, Stephen
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 to-read, biography     Betsy 2013/11/20 view activity »
The Scientists by John Gribbin The Scientists: A History of Science Told Through the Lives of Its Greatest Inventors Gribbin, John
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 to-read, biography, science-history     Betsy 2013/11/20 view activity »
The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom Farmelo, Graham
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 read, biography, book-club 2013/12/01 2013/12/31 Betsy 2013/09/19 view activity »
Empire of the Stars by Arthur I. Miller Empire of the Stars: Obsession, Friendship and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes Miller, Arthur I.
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 to-read, astronomy, biography     Betsy 2013/09/19 view activity »
The Magic Furnace by Marcus Chown The Magic Furnace: The Search for the Origins of Atoms Chown, Marcus
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 to-read, biography, chemistry, science-history     Betsy 2013/07/26 view activity »
A Guinea Pig's History of Biology by Jim Endersby A Guinea Pig's History of Biology Endersby, Jim *
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 to-read, biography     Betsy 2013/07/20 view activity »
The Northern Lights by Lucy Jago The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis Jago, Lucy
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 to-read, biography, science-history     Betsy 2013/06/21 view activity »
American Prometheus by Kai Bird American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Bird, Kai *
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 to-read, biography     Betsy 2013/06/20 view activity »
Wizard by Marc J. Seifer Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius Seifer, Marc *
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 read, biography, book-club 2013/05/01 2013/05/31 Betsy 2013/04/02 view activity »
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth Hoffman, Paul
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 read, biography, book-club, mathematics 2013/02/01 2013/02/28 Betsy 2012/11/25 view activity »
A Man of Misconceptions by John Glassie A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change Glassie, John *
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 to-read, biography     Betsy 2012/10/15 view activity »
Radioactive by Lauren Redniss Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout Redniss, Lauren
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 to-read, biography     Betsy 2012/07/26 view activity »
The Heretic in Darwin’s Court by Ross A. Slotten The Heretic in Darwin’s Court: The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace Slotten, Ross A.
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 to-read, biography, evolution     Betsy 2012/03/28 view activity »
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures ... by Richard P. Feynman What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character Feynman, Richard
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 to-read, biography     Martina 2011/08/09 view activity »
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character Feynman, Richard
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 read, biography, book-club, physics 2012/11/01 2012/11/30 Martina 2011/08/09 view activity »
My World Line by George Gamow My World Line: An Informal Autobiography Gamow, George
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 to-read, biography     Martina 2011/08/09 view activity »
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Skloot, Rebecca *
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 read, biography, book-club, medicine, science-policy 2011/04/01 2011/05/01 David Rubenstein 2011/03/06 view activity »


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