Hmm, I've got nearly $40 left of my Connect credit and every search I do there seems to turn up nothing. My latest search was Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter. At this rate, I may be visiting this thread just to use up my credit.
Thanks for the feedback on Bryson's book, the reviews on Amazon seem largely in favor, but the few that are somewhat negative kept me hesitant. Take for example
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Originally Posted by Michael J Edelman via Amazon
I read an interview with Bryson in New Scientist not long ago in which he admitted that he really didn't understand a lot of what all these scientists were telling him, and unfortunately that's all too clear in reading this book.
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Anyway, back on track... Keep the suggestions coming, this thread will probably get busier the closer we get to the end of January.