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Mark D. Bowles is Professor of History at American Public University System, founder of Belle History Publishing, and author of 15 books on the history of science and technology. His books, Science in Flux and the Apollo of Aeronautics, won the book of the year awards from the American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics in 2005 and 2010.

Dr. Bowles earned his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in 1999. He also has MA in history, an MBA in technology management, and a BA in psychology. He is a former Tomash Fellow at the University of Minnesota.

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	Science in Flux: NASA's Nuclear Program at Plum Brook Station 1955-2005 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Introduction to Digital Literacy 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Nasa's Nuclear Frontier: The Plum Brook Reactor Facility, 1941-2002 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Science and Culture throughout History 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chains of Opportunity: The University of Akron and the Emergence of the Polymer Age 1909-2007 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American History: 1865-Present: End of Isolation 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	With One Voice: The Association of American Medical Colleges, 1876-2002 by Mark D. Bowles (Goodreads Author), Virginia Dawson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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10 Books That Have Made Me Who I Am

I accept the challenge of Nathan Koozer and have come up with the following list of books that meet this criteria: "List 10 books that have stayed with you in some way... Don't over think it."
These books all came to me at critical moments in my life and have made me who I am. Though telling an academic not to "over think it" is like telling a baby to stop crying.
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Stop thinking of what you intend to do. Stop thinking of what you have just done. Then stop thinking that you have stopped thinking of those things.

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Then in that place, you will finally have time to be yourself.”
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“Here is Merton’s lament. “Lights on. Clocks ticking. Thermostats working. Stoves cooking. Electric shavers filling radios with static. ‘Wisdom,’ cries the dawn deacon, but we do not attend.”
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“The fact that you are a Zen Buddhist and I am a Christian monk, far from separating us, makes us most like one another. How many centuries is it going to take for people to discover this fact?”
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