Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Re: Book prizes..

I would add "Godel, Echer, Bach"
by........the name escapes me, but I'm sure google knows :).

-Will

On 10/31/06, Subbarao Kambhampati <rao@asu.edu> wrote:
> This mail is primarily meant for the student who correctly guessed that
> he/she is one of the students crossing 70 (he/she knows who she/he is).
>
> It is being cc'd to the class list just so to set the record straight and
> stop any possible speculations of reneging on my part (most of which I
> probably
> mooted myself ;-).
>
> Dear >70:
>
> Please feel free to send me amazon link to any one general science book that
> you would like to get. Some non-binding suggestions, that I had enjoyed
> reading, include:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Language-Instinct-Steven-Pinker/dp/0060976519
> (The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker)
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552
> (Guns, Germs & Steel by Jared Diamond)
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Genome-Autobiography-Species-Chapters-P-S/dp/0060894083
> (Genome by Matt Riddley)
>
> http://www.amazon.com/American-Prometheus-Triumph-Tragedy-Oppenheimer/dp/0375726268
> ( American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by
> Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin)
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Knew-Infinity-Ramanujan/dp/0671750615
> (The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan by Robert
> Kanigel)
>
> cheers
> Rao
>
>
>

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