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Originally Posted by kennyc
I just got the new The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013
"How on earth, then, did this man, in this place, unlock the secret of genes? Newton had his cometary intellect; Einstein was born a rebel and bred to defy convention; Feynman was the comic genius of physics, exposing his discipline’s vanities like a jester in a court of fools. But Gregor Mendel? The founder of modern biology seems, in contrast, to have been born without contrast—a man of habits plodding his way among men in habits."
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Brilliant!
The mention of Feynman led me to notice that "Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman" and the related books don't appear in this thread. Admittedly they're not strictly science books, being more autobiographical in nature, but they're without doubt a must-read for anyone with an interest in science and reason.
/JB