Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 12:57:20 -0700 (PDT)
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To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
From: Eric Muller <emuller@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: summer reading
From: Suzy Loper <suzanna@seismo.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: pinhole summer reading
Great biography of Lise Meitner, the Austrian woman physicist who
discovered fission along with her partner Otto Hahn (he got the Nobel
Prize, she didn't). She had to flee Germany, where most of her career took
place, because she was of Jewish descent. I can't remember the author but
it's relatively recently out in paperback (within the last year or so), and
I think it's just titled Lise Meitner.
--Suzy
From: kimg@sonic.net (Kim Greco)
Subject: Re: pinhole summer reading
Status: RO
So glad you asked, Eric:
Fermat's Enigma, by Simon Singh.
Wild Thoughts from Wild Places by David Quammen
Life: A Natural History of the first four billion years of life on Earth
by Richard Fortey.
From: Gene Thompson <gthompso@ccsf.cc.ca.us>
To: Eric Muller <emuller@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Re: pinhole summer reading
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Status: RO
Yes, lots of anthropology for the SETI/NSF Voyages Through Time project.
Nothing new (literally!) but lots of new ideas on the evolution of humans,
which involves lots of physical science, as well as life sci. But no good
scientific fiction.
However, there's LOTS of BAD science movies out there. The numerous
errors in "Armaggedon" are great fun (and the movie is so awful, it's an
instant B film).
Ellen Koivisto
George Washington High School, SF
gthompso@ccsf.cc.ca.us
From: loril@exploratorium.edu (Lori Lambertson)
Subject: Re: pinhole summer reading
Yo 'ric
Here are two good general reading books that I've read recently and recommend:
A Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan - on the importance of science education
and general science literacy (the candle) to illuminate the perplexities in
our world (the dark)
The Universe and the Teacup by K. C. Cole - I know it's a math book, but
hey! mathematics is the language of science, and K. C. explains the
importance of numbers in understanding our world
LL
Eric Muller
Teacher-In-Residence
Exploratorium
3601 Lyon St.
San Francisco, CA 94123
415-561-0313
email:emuller@exploratorium.edu