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What do you want to read for May 2013?
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius
The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Why Beauty Is Truth: The History of Symmetry
The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
Icarus Rising
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
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Definitely a tough vote. I had to go with Tesla (especially since I nominated it), but the books about Pandemic, and Electricity in the human body sound very interesting.
See, all you guys are doing is making it so I have more books to get from the library. Some day they are going to baulk at having to buy all these science books hardly anyone but me checks out. =P
I am interested in reading about Nikola Tesla.
Tesla is an incredibly cool bio. I've read quite a bit about him and his relationship with Edison. The story will really open your eyes about Edison. I guess since I've already read so much is why I chose symmetry. I've read less about that.
Michael wrote: "Definitely a tough vote. I had to go with Tesla (especially since I nominated it), but the books about Pandemic, and Electricity in the human body sound very interesting."LOL. A few months ago I nominated a book and then voted for something else.
Spillover is amazing! I'm actually half way through it at the moment. Quammen is one of my all-time favorite writers. He has a way of presenting complex ideas with ease, and a good dose of witty humor.
LOL. A f..."Yea, I was actually very close to doing that myself..haha. Either way, I will have few more to add to my list now.
i want to know much more about Nicholas Tesla...about the way he thought...and how he arrived at all his scientific ideas... :)
I've been meaning to read 'The Spark of Life' ever since I heard about it on the radio. Now I might actually get round to buying it - and even read it! Frances Ashcroft is such an interesting person.
Read Spillover prepublication and think it's the best book I've read on pandemics ever. Great research and judiciously but deliciously written. Quammen did his homework, visiting sites of past pandemics and meeting key scientists. He has a larger perspective and a pretty good theory about why pandemics are a problem for expanding populations in a globalized society. Maybe next month.
LewisC