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