Science and Inquiry discussion

Please post below your suggestions for the group read for November 2013. You may recommend something that has been nominated before, but we ask that you not nominate anything too new (i.e. first published within the last three months).

Nominations will be closed on September 25, or when we have about 10 valid nominations, whichever occurs first.

Empire of the Stars by Arthur I. Miller

Empire of the Stars: Obsession, Friendship and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes? Looks interesting.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...

The Particle at the End of the Universe

I third Empire of the Stars too.

The Goldilocks enigma by Paul Davies

Graham Farmelo: The Strangest Man: The hidden life of Paul Dirac, the mystic of the hidden atom.

That Paul Dirac biography is outstanding, I'll second the nomination for The Strangest Man, I'd like to read it again. :)

Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague

My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs

I would second the Paul Dirac suggestion as well. It has been recommended to me more than once. This would be a good excuse to read it.

I saw this video yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26YLeh...

and felt like re-suggesting reading American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer which couldn't get enough votes last time :(

Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story

I nominate:

Anatomies: The Human Body, Its Parts and the Stories They Tell by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Susanna wrote: "Empire of the Stars: Obsession, Friendship and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes? Looks interesting."

I've read books written by Chandrasekhar, but I didn't realize there was a book about him. Interesting ...

Many Worlds in One: The Search for Other Universes

Nominations have been closed. You can vote for your preference at the following poll:

http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/90...