Saturday, June 17, 2006

Books to read...

Must-read-books by the THINKERS....


Contents :select the category which you like:-


PURE SCIENCE

These books are ment for people who are interested in pure science but have not
recieved any advanced training in science.


  • Fermats's last theorem by Amir DAczel.......Here,weaving
    together history and science,Amir D Aczel offers a thrilling ,step-by-step
    account of the search for the mathematicians' Holy Grail..."Mr.Aczel has
    written a tale of buried treasure...this is a captivating volume"-The New York Times

  • The Character of Physical Laws by Richard P Feynman
    ......if you were always facinated by
    great ideas like the theory of relativity,the origin of the
    universe,gravitation and quatum mechanics but never had it explained to
    you in ENGLISH...then this is the greatest book by the greatest physicist you
    can find written in a layman's language!!!...."Another magical act by
    feynman"-
    The Observer
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META-PHYSICS


  • About Time by PaulDavies.....'with his usual clarity and flair,Davies argues
    that time in the twentient centuary is Einstein's time and sets out on a
    facinating discussion of why Einstein's cant be the last word on the
    subject'-Independent on Sunday

  • Does God play dice? by Ian stewart...as Ian shows in this stimulating
    and accessible account ,the key to this unpredictable world can be found in
    the concept of chaos,one of the most exciting breakthroughs in recent
    decades....'a fine intoduction to a complex subject'-Daily Telegraph

  • Philosophy Football by Mark Perryman...the amazing tale of a
    make-believe team,Philosophy Football is the story of what might have
    happened to the world's greatest thinkers if their brains had been in their
    boots instead of their heads!!!... -The THINKERS org Journal

  • Labyrinths of Reason By William
    Poundstone
    ...'the world and what is in it ,even what people
    say to you,will,not seem the same after plunging into Labyrinths of
    reason
    ...holds up the deepest philosophical questions for scrutiny in
    away that irresistibly sweeps readers on'-NewScientist....... "a must read for every thinker!!"-Sachin modeel,founder of The THINKERS org
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(AUTO)BIOGRAPHIES OF GREAT THINKERS..


Books about great thinkers and their ideas by great thinkers!!!

  • Surely you are joking Mr.Feynman By Richard P.Feynman...this is a collection
    of feynman's crazy life of curiosity,intellect,pure nerve!!!....this
    is a classic book which will inspire any school student to THINK
    ,question about anything around him...besides this ,the book has a lot of
    humorous snippets about this great physicist's life..."surely a great experience
    for anyone,Feynman led a life too good to be true!"-Sachin Modeel,founder of the THINKERS org

  • Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein-Ideas and opinions is a collection of
    speeches,letters and papers written by Einstein on philosophy and
    science most of them never before published in a book form!..." a must
    for every reader who can never get enough out of Einstein"-The THINKERS org Journal
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I AM A THINKER!!!!!
Forget all this science i am looking for a book full of ideas!!!...
  • The Artul Universe by John D.Barrow...this thought provoking investigation reveals some
    unexpected links between art and science ......"full of good things ...In what
    is probably the most novel part of the book,barrow analyses music from a
    mathematical point of view!!!"-Mac Parkinson,co-founder the THINKERS org

  • The Jungles of Randomness by Ivars Peterson...taking us into the ambiguities
    and uncertainities of randomness,Ivars Peterson Explores the complex
    interplay of order and disorder,giving us a new understanding of nature and
    human activity
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The THINKERS org......post script

The above suggestions and reviews by contributed by the members of the THINKERS org.


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