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Old 05-11-2012, 01:10 PM   #51
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Just finished reading
Imagine : How Creativity Works, Lehrer
A Planet of Virues, Zimmer
I recommend both. THey are science popuilarizers who do a great job of explaining the latest in science research on their respective topics.
NYT review on Lehrer HERE

NPR interview with Zimmer HERE

Am currently reading " The Swerve", Greenblatt.National Book Circle finalist. So far pretty good.
For those interested in Carl Zimmer's book, it is available for free this month, (May). From another thread:
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Carl Zimmer's A planet of viruses is the free e-book of the month at University of Chicago Press. And in ePub format too (with DRM).
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