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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

List of my books

That's not all I have, some are still resting at my home and are not currently with me, also I have lost two out of these.Little bit explaination of notations, I have used:
Genre:
Make me Laugh- Humour, comedy
Somethings to Know- Science, general knowledge or anything interesting to know about
Lessons from life- General life philosophy, biographies, about some person's life, quotes
Imaginary Worlds- Pure fiction, it includes sci-fi
Magic, Dreamland, Grandma's Tales- Fantasy, stories for kids
Everlasting Greats- Classic, it may be fiction, crime, fantasy or poetry, whatever known as great work of literature
Sky is Beautiful- Astronomy, cosmology
Evolving Apes- Anthropology, discussing about human evolution
Numbers Magic- Related to maths
Doing Business- Business related, business history, marketing, strategy
Talk to Me- Communication related, language, etiquettes
Status:
Read in Peace- Have read it
Giving Eggs- Still, not have read
Half Munched- Read it partially, still need to finish
On The Roll- Reading now
Gone with the _____- Lended to someone, with not so bright hopes of getting back soon
Lost Forever- Lended to someone with no hope of return :(

Monday, April 10, 2006

Got it :)

I finally was able get my hands on the selfish genes. Though my body carries innumerous of these but here I am talking about the book 'The Selfish Genes' by Richard Dawkins, which I mentioned in one of my previous post. As a bonus, I also got Feynman Lectures on Physics, all four parts in audio cds.
Though, I will start going through these only after I complete reading the book "Don't you have time to think", by R P Feynman (edited by his daughter, Michelle Feynman). This book is like a break from what all I was reading. This book is a collection of letters written by RP Feynman and if you know RPF's character, these letters contains all his fingerprints. Soem are funny, some serious, some shows an idealist and some shows an emotional being. Collection starts from his college life, letter to mom, his first marriage, atomic bomb, death of wife, death of father, quantum physics, freshman lectures, nobel accolade, then confrontation with authorities. Most fascinating was his comment on love of science, looking a beautiful flower and trying to soak up with nature's little wonder with unfathomable curiosity, wondering and trying to cipher the nature's ways.

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Arctic fossils mark move to land

This news was really as part of showing complete progress of fishes evolving in to land animals.

Fossil animals found in Arctic Canada provide a snapshot of fish evolving into land animals, scientists say.

The finds are giving researchers a fascinating insight into this key stage in the evolution of life on Earth.
US palaeontologists have published details of the fossil "missing links" in the prestigious journal Nature.
The 383 million-year-old specimens are described as crocodile-like animals with fins instead of limbs that probably lived in shallow water.

More details here. More links to this story, TIME, Nature, Guardian & NYT.