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Scientists on their "life-changing" books
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d5ccc31c-3010-4080-a6b6-2a2fd631fa4d/97211C64-6338-4AC1-87A8-145E8EAB1390/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/21/scientists-on-their.html" href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/21/scientists-on-their.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.boingboing.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/21/scientists-on-their.html"> I always enjoy hearing about the reading habits of people who are much smarter and more interesting than me. New Scientist has a feature package where seventeen big name scientists recommend books that they considered "life-changing." Here is the list of the scientists and the books they suggest, with each title linking to Amazon. Follow the link at the bottom of the post to the New Scientist article where you can read the scientists' thoughts on their picks. From New Scientist:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/21/scientists-on-their.html"><DIV> 1. <A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375754725/boingboing0e-20" asin="0375754725" bluekey="" bluelink="yes" linkindex="18">Farthest North</A><IMG align="top" class="blue-icon-launcher" id="smartLink1" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueamazonid="boingboing0e-20" blueimage="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueimageover="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/icon_14.gif" bluekey="" link="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375754725/boingboing0e-20" smartlink="" /> - Steve Jones, geneticist </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/21/scientists-on-their.html"><DIV> 2. <A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0416189504/boingboing0e-20" asin="0416189504" bluekey="" bluelink="yes" linkindex="19">The Art of the Soluble</A><IMG align="top" class="blue-icon-launcher" id="smartLink2" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueamazonid="boingboing0e-20" blueimage="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueimageover="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/icon_14.gif" bluekey="" link="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0416189504/boingboing0e-20" smartlink="" /> - V. S. Ramachandran, neuroscientist </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/21/scientists-on-their.html"><DIV> 4. <A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553803719/boingboing0e-20" asin="0553803719" bluekey="" bluelink="yes" linkindex="21">The Foundation trilogy</A><IMG align="top" class="blue-icon-launcher" id="smartLink4" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueamazonid="boingboing0e-20" blueimage="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueimageover="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/icon_14.gif" bluekey="" link="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553803719/boingboing0e-20" smartlink="" /> - Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/21/scientists-on-their.html"><DIV> 5. <A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451527747/boingboing0e-20" asin="0451527747" bluekey="" bluelink="yes" linkindex="22">Alice in Wonderland</A><IMG align="top" class="blue-icon-launcher" id="smartLink5" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueamazonid="boingboing0e-20" blueimage="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueimageover="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/icon_14.gif" bluekey="" link="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451527747/boingboing0e-20" smartlink="" /> - Alison Gopnik, developmental psychologist </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/21/scientists-on-their.html"><DIV> 6. <A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486256642/boingboing0e-20" asin="0486256642" bluekey="" bluelink="yes" linkindex="23">One, Two, Three... Infinity</A><IMG align="top" class="blue-icon-launcher" id="smartLink6" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueamazonid="boingboing0e-20" blueimage="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueimageover="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/icon_14.gif" bluekey="" link="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486256642/boingboing0e-20" smartlink="" /> - Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/21/scientists-on-their.html"><DIV> 13. <A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684833395/boingboing0e-20" asin="0684833395" bluekey="" bluelink="yes" linkindex="30">Catch-22</A><IMG align="top" class="blue-icon-launcher" id="smartLink13" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/asin/0684833395" blueamazonid="boingboing0e-20" blueimage="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/asin/0684833395" blueimageover="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/icon_14.gif" bluekey="" link="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684833395/boingboing0e-20" smartlink="" /> / <A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465024378/boingboing0e-20" asin="0465024378" bluekey="" bluelink="yes" linkindex="31">The First Three Minutes</A><IMG align="top" class="blue-icon-launcher" id="smartLink14" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueamazonid="boingboing0e-20" blueimage="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueimageover="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/icon_14.gif" bluekey="" link="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465024378/boingboing0e-20" smartlink="" /> - Lawrence Krauss, physicist </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/21/scientists-on-their.html"><DIV> 15. <A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345404475/boingboing0e-20" asin="0345404475" bluekey="" bluelink="yes" linkindex="33">Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep</A><IMG align="top" class="blue-icon-launcher" id="smartLink16" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueamazonid="boingboing0e-20" blueimage="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueimageover="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/icon_14.gif" bluekey="" link="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345404475/boingboing0e-20" smartlink="" /> - Chris Frith, neuroscientist </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/97211C64-6338-4AC1-87A8-145E8EAB1390/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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