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.
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Why does a science forum not have pictures of mice and rats?
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Posted 31 October 2010 - 03:23 PM
adrian kohsf, on 30 October 2010 - 10:11 AM, 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"
"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)
42..."An immutable fixed-precision number of unlimited magnitude." <a href="http://en.wikipedia....amming_language)" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia....amming_language)</a>, accessed 25June2009.
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Posted 20 April 2011 - 02:06 AM
Paul de Kruif - Microbe Hunters... I read it... such a nice one.
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Posted 20 April 2011 - 05:22 AM
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.
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Posted 20 April 2011 - 06:55 AM
lab rat, on 31 October 2010 - 03:23 PM, said:
adrian kohsf, on 30 October 2010 - 10:11 AM, 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"
"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.co...l/dp/0307589447
Is Adam Ruben
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
"It's all just DNA. Do it."---phage434
..."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
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 01:38 AM
this one is good, enjoyable and wonderous :-
"what a plant knows : a field guide to the senses." By Daniel Chamovitz
"what a plant knows : a field guide to the senses." By Daniel Chamovitz
Edited by nightingale, 31 October 2012 - 01:39 AM.
" The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know ... "
