Hey all,
Does anybody know a book (about biological science preferably) which can be read like a novel? Like a life story of a scientist, or some random ramblings of a scientist wondering about nature, or anything which one can read and get inspired/thrilled. A good example would be "the Beautiful mind", which came as a movie later.
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Posted 08 May 2009 - 03:17 PM
James Watson: DNA: The Secret of Life 
Craig Venter A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life
Craig Venter A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life
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Posted 06 October 2009 - 12:47 PM
Check out - Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
This book is an amazing novel.
This book is an amazing novel.
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Posted 06 October 2009 - 10:29 PM
Cantors dilemma! Its very good 
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Posted 07 October 2009 - 01:44 PM
Sinclair Lewis - Arrowsmith
Paul de Kruif - Microbe Hunters
Paul de Kruif - Microbe Hunters
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Hmmm, I think it's working
Posted 07 October 2009 - 03:48 PM
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond - not strictly about biology, but a good read anyway.
The Future Eaters by Tim Flannery (actually any of his ones are excellent reads)
The Future Eaters by Tim Flannery (actually any of his ones are excellent reads)
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Posted 26 October 2009 - 02:27 AM
You did not generalized you question. Science is a very waste subject to cover in a single book. How ever you need to question properly for a specific subject you want. Church Supplies
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Posted 03 January 2010 - 03:27 AM
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
it is a 23 chaptered SMALL book in which each chapter tells a story
about one gene discovered on that chromosome...
nice one
" The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know ... "
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Posted 16 September 2010 - 11:22 PM
James Watson: DNA: The Secret of Life:... I read it ...such a wonderful one.
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Posted 29 October 2010 - 10:21 PM
nightingale, on 03 January 2010 - 03:27 AM, 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
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....
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Posted 30 October 2010 - 10:11 AM
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"?
"Surviving Your Stupid Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School"
How about "origin of species"?
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting the lion not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.
..."best of our knowledge, as far as we know this had never been reported before, though I can't possible read all the published journals on earth, but by perform thorough search in google, the keywords did not match any documents"...
"what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger"---Goddess Casandra reminds me to be strong
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..."best of our knowledge, as far as we know this had never been reported before, though I can't possible read all the published journals on earth, but by perform thorough search in google, the keywords did not match any documents"...
"what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger"---Goddess Casandra reminds me to be strong
"It's all just DNA. Do it."---phage434
