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(io9) Cool A list of 2011's best books on science. Drop a few hints, maybe you won't end up with another one of your Aunt's homemade Snuggies this holiday season   (io9.com) divider line 33
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Kar98
2011-11-19 08:35:49 PM
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schnee
2011-11-19 08:52:02 PM
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Fabulous?
 
JosephFinn
2011-11-19 08:55:44 PM
Kar98: [cache.gawker.com image 330x328]

And we're done.

(But seriously, that Hedy Lamarr book caught my eye. Richard Rhodes on such a fantastic subject is right up my alley.)
 
Pinnacle Point
2011-11-19 09:22:19 PM
My 12 year old nephew (child prodigy) has a birthday next week. I'm thinking the Volcano, the Good Ideas, or Game book could make a decent present. I'm leaning towards the Ideas book because I'm not building a adequate retirement fund on my own.
 
DontMakeMeComeBackThere
2011-11-19 09:29:41 PM
List is missing this:
Link (new window)

Fun book.
 
Up and Atom
2011-11-19 09:41:31 PM
Haven't read Physics of the Future, but I read Physics of the Impossible a few months ago and thought it was great.
 
Carth
2011-11-19 09:41:43 PM
I don't know how they overlooked The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos (new window) Maybe because it came out at the start of the year.
 
jokker
2011-11-19 09:45:33 PM
I read "snuggies" as "snuggles" and was thoroughly disturbed.
 
GAT_00 [TotalFark]
2011-11-19 10:11:19 PM
Up and Atom: Haven't read Physics of the Future, but I read Physics of the Impossible a few months ago and thought it was great.

I read Physics of the Future, and it got boring after a while. Every chapter read the same way: introduce new technology, jump back in time, talk through history, and then mention this will be really cool. Move on.

It got boring.
 
Kome
2011-11-19 10:12:46 PM
List needs some of Michael Shermer and VS Ramachandra to really be complete. And although this fun little book was originally published last year, it's coming out in paperback in a few days.
 
Harry_Seldon
2011-11-19 10:41:30 PM
The books are so brilliant, they blinded me
 
stucka
2011-11-19 11:13:35 PM
I'd like to strongly recommend Mary Roach's "Packing for Mars." Yeah, it was published last year. Very funny, and yet insightful.
 
Pentaxian
2011-11-19 11:39:17 PM
How about a classic by a Farker?

blogs.smithsonianmag.com

My daughter and I loved it. Two geeky thumbs up. The only problem is that now she wants to be a astrophysicist when she grows up. So it looks like she'll never be able to afford to move out.

Thanks Phil.
 
wildcardjack
2011-11-20 12:01:38 AM
This list fails for being Kaku'ed up.

/Rather listen to alien hair dude.
 
Candygram for Mongo
2011-11-20 01:10:30 AM
Kar98: [cache.gawker.com image 330x328]

Came for Hedley (obviously), leaving happy.
 
NateAsbestos
2011-11-20 02:32:33 AM
Not a bookmark
 
gadian [TotalFark]
2011-11-20 03:11:31 AM
You know what would make a snuggie better? Velcro straps on the back and sides. That way they're not always falling open on the back and they're really blanket with a sleeve like.

But more on point, I have a very young kid, will be 6 months at Christmas...are there any young baby toys that you guys know of that sort of get kids headed in the sciencey direction? I googled 'science toys for infants', but I was wondering if you guys had any success with or affection for a particular toy.
 
SpinStopper
2011-11-20 03:50:59 AM
I would like to have ALL of those books ;)
 
Foxxinnia
2011-11-20 03:58:33 AM
gadian: But more on point, I have a very young kid, will be 6 months at Christmas...are there any young baby toys that you guys know of that sort of get kids headed in the sciencey direction? I googled 'science toys for infants', but I was wondering if you guys had any success with or affection for a particular toy.

Maybe a Carl Sagan action figure?
 
Mr. Potatoass
2011-11-20 04:04:40 AM
gadian:
But more on point, I have a very young kid, will be 6 months at Christmas...are there any young baby toys that you guys know of that sort of get kids headed in the sciencey direction? I googled 'science toys for infants', but I was wondering if you guys had any success with or affection for a particular toy.

Get him a cardboard box, a cat, some raidoactive material, and a complex Geiger counter spliced in to a poison vial shattering hammer. Have him peek in, from time to time, to check on the pussycat.
 
pup.socket
2011-11-20 05:57:22 AM
Why do you people link to sites that require javascript to display static content?
 
TomServo24
2011-11-20 06:43:14 AM
Done in one. Damnit that's funny.
 
BalugaJoe
2011-11-20 07:15:11 AM
Unnatural Selection was very good.
 
Nuclear Monk
2011-11-20 08:45:50 AM
gadian: You know what would make a snuggie better? Velcro straps on the back and sides. That way they're not always falling open on the back and they're really blanket with a sleeve like.

But more on point, I have a very young kid, will be 6 months at Christmas...are there any young baby toys that you guys know of that sort of get kids headed in the sciencey direction? I googled 'science toys for infants', but I was wondering if you guys had any success with or affection for a particular toy.

Bath toys seem to be a good start, like cups and channels that stick to the wall that you can send water flowing through. My daughter loves those. When you kid gets a little older, sit down with him/her at the computer with Celestia and Google Earth...I've spent hours exploring the world and universe.
 
bravian
2011-11-20 09:21:10 AM
What's a book?
 
I'm an Egyptian!
2011-11-20 10:36:10 AM
I hate articles like this. Just when you think that you might be able to start addressing the pile of books you have up on your nightstand, or on your kindle, then they have to show something along this lines. So now I have Incognito and the Psychopath Test on my wish list.

Thanks, smitty, you bastard. Now I have more stuff to read. Can't wait 'til grad school is over with, then my education won't get in the way of my learning anymore.
 
kisseswookies
2011-11-20 10:51:23 AM
gadian: You know what would make a snuggie better? Velcro straps on the back and sides. That way they're not always falling open on the back and they're really blanket with a sleeve like.

But more on point, I have a very young kid, will be 6 months at Christmas...are there any young baby toys that you guys know of that sort of get kids headed in the sciencey direction? I googled 'science toys for infants', but I was wondering if you guys had any success with or affection for a particular toy.

Booksbooksbooksbooks! Never too early to read their ear off, and it is the most calming thing to read a baby to sleep.

The kid I used to nanny is 3 now, still asks to be read to, as opposed to watching TV. I started watching him at 6 months.
 
proteus_b
2011-11-20 11:47:23 AM
wildcardjack: This list fails for being Kaku'ed up.

came here to say that
 
Quantum Apostrophe
2011-11-20 12:26:31 PM
Sweet. Three of these are now on reservation for me at the library.
 
whizbangthedirtfarmer
2011-11-20 07:59:05 PM
kisseswookies: gadian: You know what would make a snuggie better? Velcro straps on the back and sides. That way they're not always falling open on the back and they're really blanket with a sleeve like.

But more on point, I have a very young kid, will be 6 months at Christmas...are there any young baby toys that you guys know of that sort of get kids headed in the sciencey direction? I googled 'science toys for infants', but I was wondering if you guys had any success with or affection for a particular toy.

Booksbooksbooksbooks! Never too early to read their ear off, and it is the most calming thing to read a baby to sleep.

The kid I used to nanny is 3 now, still asks to be read to, as opposed to watching TV. I started watching him at 6 months.

Whenever my son was having problems getting to sleep, I always cracked open one of the Level 4 Readers that was the biography of George Washington. Worked like a charm.
 
Candygram for Mongo
2011-11-21 12:17:48 AM
Foxxinnia: gadian: But more on point, I have a very young kid, will be 6 months at Christmas...are there any young baby toys that you guys know of that sort of get kids headed in the sciencey direction? I googled 'science toys for infants', but I was wondering if you guys had any success with or affection for a particular toy.

Maybe a Carl Sagan action figure?

That's a popular choice. Billions and billions have been sold.
 
TheCenturion
2011-11-21 08:00:56 AM
Candygram for Mongo: Foxxinnia: gadian: But more on point, I have a very young kid, will be 6 months at Christmas...are there any young baby toys that you guys know of that sort of get kids headed in the sciencey direction? I googled 'science toys for infants', but I was wondering if you guys had any success with or affection for a particular toy.

Maybe a Carl Sagan action figure?

That's a popular choice. Billions and billions have been sold.

Ramp up time was a biatch, though. To create the action figure from scratch, they had to first create the universe.
 
djscram [TotalFark]
2011-11-21 08:30:30 AM
Almost done with The Information--highly recommend. Highly.
 
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