good book on science - something to read like a novel and get 'inspired' (May/08/2009 )
Genome by Matt Ridley
it is a 23 chaptered SMALL book in which each chapter tells a story
about one gene discovered on that chromosome...
nice one 
What about R. Dawkins books?
James Watson: DNA: The Secret of Life:... I read it ...such a wonderful one.
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nightingale on Sun Jan 3 11:27:42 2010 said:
Genome by Matt Ridley
it is a 23 chaptered SMALL book in which each chapter tells a story
about one gene discovered on that chromosome...
nice one
Second that.... really nice read....
Hmn... never come across any of the mentioned book at the moment... but this one really catch my attention:
"Surviving Your Stupid Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School"
How about "origin of species"?
From the inventor of PCR, the Nobel prize Kary Mullis: Dancing Naked in the Mind Field Mullis is no shy, socially inept bench chemist, though; on the contrary, he has led as big and full a life as possible, opening himself to experiences like hallucinogenic drugs, surfing, casually handling dangerous chemicals, and taking shots at the sacred cows of science.
adrian kohsf on Sat Oct 30 18:11:59 2010 said:
Hmn... never come across any of the mentioned book at the moment... but this one really catch my attention:
"Surviving Your Stupid Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School"
LOL Adrian. Who is the author? I'll look into that one.
Other good ones:
Y: Descent of Man
Mendel's Dwarf (some R-rated parts, didn't care for those)
Best Science Writing of(pick your year, anthology of essays on different sciences)
Paul de Kruif - Microbe Hunters... I read it... such a nice one.
I found the books by Michael J Fox pretty inspiring--not straight science, but about medical research in general. Another good one is the seven daughters of eve by bryan sykes.
lab rat on Sun Oct 31 23:23:55 2010 said:
adrian kohsf on Sat Oct 30 18:11:59 2010 said:
Hmn... never come across any of the mentioned book at the moment... but this one really catch my attention:
"Surviving Your Stupid Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School"
LOL Adrian. Who is the author? I'll look into that one.
Other good ones:
Y: Descent of Man
Mendel's Dwarf (some R-rated parts, didn't care for those)
Best Science Writing of(pick your year, anthology of essays on different sciences)
Hi Lab Rat... sorry for not noticed your post.
Please refer:
http://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Your-Stupid-Decision-School/dp/0307589447
Is Adam Ruben